31 species sighted at Fish Cage to Point Rock and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29-09-2023.
A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 204 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 20 C water temperature, 8 m viz.
After the last dive with 3 m viz and some rain I wondered if the water cleared and it did! Great viz. It took me 56 minutes to record my first Murphydoris cobbi! Lots of Colpodaspis sp. were to be seen today. A brown Dendrodoris fumata was recorded and as I was videoing it a Wrasse tried to take it's face off. And what could be the smallest Nudibranch I have ever found maybe at a half a millimetre.
Species and numbers recorded:
Bulbaeolidia alba -10
Colpodaspis sp. 1 -6
Colpodaspis sp. 2 -8
Dendrodoris denisoni -4
Dendrodoris fumata -1
Doto sp. 3 -6
Facelina bourailli -1
Flabellina lotos -2
Flabellina pseudolotos -2
Goniobranchus daphne -4
Goniobranchus geometricus -13
Goniobranchus setoensis -2
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -4
Goniodoridella savignyi -6
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Idaliadoris maugeansis juvenile? -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
Murphydoris cobbi -7
Myja sp. 1 -2
Niparaya sp. 47 -1
Retusa amphizosta shell -1
Retusa sp. 6 shell -11
Rostanga sp. 1 -6
Tenellia sibogae (yellow) -3
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Tenellia sp. 24 -2
Unidentia sp. 1 -2
Unidentia sp. 3 -3
Unidentia sp. 6 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -1
Unknown Aeolid? -1
Early entry
Clarity
Surface
Substrate upon descent
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Colpodaspis sp. 2
Substrate
Rostanga sp. 1 spawn
Rostanga sp. 1
Goniobranchus geometricus
Look up!
Myja sp. 1 young
Goniobranchus geometricus
Tenellia sibogae
Goniodoridella savignyi
Murphydoris cobbi
Doto sp. 3
Doto sp. 3 x2
Bulbaeolidia alba
Goniobranchus geometricus
Murphydoris cobbi
Goniodoridella savignyi
Doto sp. 3
Gothum City
Look up!
Dendrodoris fumata
Unknown Aeolid??
Unknown spawn
Flabellina lotos
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniodoridella savignyi
Rostanga sp. 1 spawn
Rostanga sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Goniobranchus daphne
Goniobranchus geometricus
Goniobranchus setoensis
Goniobranchus geometricus & Goniobranchus setoensis x2
Unidentia sp. 3 x2
Flabellina pseudolotos
Flabellina lotos
My Buddy
Stoney in a hole
Niparaya sp. 47
Niparaya sp. 47
Unidentia sp. 6
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Goniobranchus sp. 6 rhinophore
Goniobranchus sp. 6 gill hide-a-way
Bulbaeolidia alba
Seal Rock
Unidentia sp. 3
Murphydoris cobbi
Unidentia sp. 3
Facelina bourailli
Hypselodoris obscura
Point Rock
Retusa amphizosta
Goniobranchus sp. 6
Liloa brevis
Tenellia sp. 24
Tenellia sp. 24
Fish Cage Dragon
Substrate
Colpodaspis sp. 1
Colpodaspis sp. 1
Colpodaspis sp. 1 x2
Tenellia sibogae
Myja sp. 1
What rolled in as we got out!
