Saturday, November 18, 2023

Species List: 18-11-2023, Fish Cage to Point Rock and back Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

43 species sighted at Fish Cage to Point Rock and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 18-11-2023.

A single shore entry dive with Gary, Sheryl, Debbie and Mark. of 180 minutes. Maximum depth 6.1 m, 24 C water temperature, 5 m viz.

With a cancelled Nudibranch Day at Sunreef it was time to get to the bottom of the most diverse river in the World. Vis was a little smokey but plenty of viz to search for Nudibranchs, this dive was great and plenty of them! The Ovulid was still growing and the Pineapple fish waved hello. We even played with crab that now has golden hydroid on its head. Here is the list!...

Species and numbers recorded:

Aglaja fulvipunctata -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Colpodaspis sp. 1 -2
Cratena lineata -1
Dendrodoris denisoni -2
Elysia sp. 40 -4
Eubranchus sp. 3 -3
Eubranchus sp. 10 -5
Facelina sp. 11 -4
Flabellina lotos -2
Flabellina pseudolotos -9
Goniobranchus collingwoodi -2
Goniobranchus daphne -10
Goniobranchus geometricus -15
Goniobranchus setoensis -8
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -1
Goniodoridella savignyi -1
Gymnodoris amakusana -5
Gymnodoris sp. 13 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 27 -1
Haminoea sp. 19 shell -1
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 1 -3
Hypselodoris obscura -4
Jorunna sp. 3 -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
Murphydoris cobbi -15
Murphydoris puncticulata -1
Murphydoris sp. 2 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa  -1
Phyllaplysia sp. 5 -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -2
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Retusa amphizosta -1
Retusa sp. 1 shell -1
Rostanga sp. 1 -3
Tenellia sibogae (yellow) -1
Tenellia sp. 24 -4
Tenellia sp. 66 -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -37
Unidentia sp. 9 -3
Unidentia sp. 14 -19
Weinkauffia reliqua -1


Entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate upon descent

Unidentia sp. 1

Murphydoris cobbi

Rostanga sp. 1 

Rostanga sp. 1 

Unidentia sp. 1

Tenellia sp. 24 

Murphydoris cobbi

Murphydoris cobbi

Haminoea sp. 19

Substrate

Whodat?

Purple haze...

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Colpodaspis sp. 1

Colpodaspis sp. 1

Eubranchus sp. 3

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 1

The Ovulid

Unidentia sp. 14

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Hypselodoris obscura 

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Eubranchus sp. 3

Unidentia sp. 9

Unidentia sp. 1

Goniobranchus collingwoodi

Goniobranchus collingwoodi

Goniobranchus collingwoodi juvenile

Tenellia sp. 66 

Goniobranchus daphne

Hypselodoris obscura 

Goniobranchus setoensis

Goniobranchus geometricus

Goniobranchus geometricus

The Mob

Flabellina pseudolotos

Flabellina lotos

Goniobranchus geometricus

Unidentia sp. 1 

Shoot!

Whodat?

Flabellina pseudolotos

Flabellina lotos

Flabellina pseudolotos

Cratena lineata

Murphydoris puncticulata

Tenellia sibogae

Elysia sp. 40

Elysia sp. 40

Elysia sp. 40

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Eubranchus sp. 10 x2

Eubranchus sp. 10

My friend

Goniobranchus daphne

Goniobranchus daphne

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 1

Gymnodoris amakusana

Facelina sp. 11

Jorunna sp. 3



Bulbaeolidia alba 

Gymnodoris amakusana 

Dendrodoris denisoni

Goniodoridella savignyi

Seal Rock

Weinkauffia reliqua

Philinopsis speciosa

Rostanga sp. 1

Retusa amphizosta

Murphydoris sp. 2

Gymnodoris sp. 13

Phyllaplysia sp. 5

Aglaja fulvipunctata

Goniobranchus collingwoodi juvenile

Murphydoris sp. 2

Gymnodoris sp. 27 and Goniobranchus daphne

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Goniobranchus collingwoodi 

Colpodaspis sp. 1

Tenellia sibogae