Nudibranch Central: Species List: 22-06-2023, Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Species List: 22-06-2023, Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

26 species sighted at Toilet Block, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 22-06-2023.

A single shore entry dive with Gary of 243 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 16.8C, 17.6 and 19.6C lowest water temperatures from 3 test computers, 10-15 m viz.

EPIC DIVE! The vis was very clean. Superb winter water. I wore my new APEKS ThermiQ suit and despite the readings of the 3 test computers 16.8C, 17.6C and 19.6C lowest temperature my core felt no chill at all, arms a different matter, all was good I didn't get cold. Happy! Ok, the number of Nudibranchs seen this morning (9C) were EPIC. Unidentia were everywhere. The Pleurobranchus weberi was larger than my out-stretched hand. It was big and very nice. Didn't get a clear shot of the Three Stooges and there were only two. The Goniodoridella savignyi were quite variable in colouration. Two Come-back-species. And no silt!

Species and numbers sighted:

Aglaja fulvipunctata -1

Bulbaeolidia alba -2

Cratena simba -1

Dendrodoris denisoni -1

Doto sp. 3 -1

Doto sp. 7 -1

Elysia pusilla -5

Flabellina lotos -33

Flabellina sp. 4 -4

Facelina sp. 3 -1

Goniodoridella savignyi -13