11 species sighted at Toilet Block, Bubble Wall, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 12-05-2023.
A single shore entry dive with Gary and Wolfgang of 147 minutes. Maximum depth 4.9 m, 20 C water temperature, up to 3 m viz.
Wolfgang was in town Nudibranch Day was cancelled due to crap weather so into the river we went. With a 1.2 m tidal flow and knowing my buddy might get cold we spent our time searching Bubble Wall. Tenellia sibogae and the golden Hydroid it lives on were everywhere.
Species and numbers sighted:
Elysia sp. 46 -2
Elysia pusilla -2
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Hydatina physis shell remnant -1
Kabeiro christianae -2
Liloa brevis shell -1
Murphydoris cobbi -14
Niparaya sp. 26 -1
Tenellia sibogae -26
Tenellia sp. 72 -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -6
Ready to go
Surface
Substrate upon descent
Searching
Niparaya sp. 26
Tenellia sibogae
Substrate
Substrate
Tenellia sp. 72
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae mating pair
Murphydoris cobbi
Goniodoridella savignyi
Flatworm
A nice looking coral
Elysia sp. 46
Buubble Wall
The Three Stooges
Substrate top of Bubble Wall
Elysia pusilla
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Hello
Home of 8 Tenellia sibogae
Substrate
Elysia sp. 46
Tenellia sibogae x3
Tenellia sp. 72
Hydatina physis shell remnant
Flatworm
Substrate
Kabeiro christianae
