Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Species List: 21-11-2023 Fish Cage from Split Rock to Point Rock and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 46 species sighted at Fish Cage from Split Rock to Point Rock and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 2023-11-21.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 259 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 24 C water temperature, 2-4 m viz.

With a week of inclement weather coming A dive was in order. The viz was good enough to see nudibranchs that's for sure. A new Gymnodoris that doesn't match anything we have. Unidentia animals were almost everywhere, some rocks had 10-15. There was a lot of Nudibranchs! Happiness prevailed...

Species and numbers recorded:

Colpodaspis sp. 1 -5
Doto sp. 3 -3
Eubranchus sp. 3 -7
Eubranchus sp. 10 -8
Flabellina lotos -4
Flabellina pseudolotos -14
Goniobranchus daphne -7
Goniobranchus geometricus -7
Goniobranchus setoensis -2
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -4
Goniodoridella savignyi -4
Gymnodoris amakusana -5
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 41 -1 NEW SPECIES
Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3 -5
Haminoea sp. 19 shell -1
Hydatina physis shell remnant -2 not together
Hypselodoris obscura -5
Idaliadoris maugeansis -many young
Jorunna parva -1
Liloa brevis shell -5
Limacia ornata -3
Lomanotus sp. 9 -1
Mnestia sp. 1 -3
Murphydoris cobbi -41
Murphydoris puncticulata -3
Murphydoris sp. 3 -1
Myja hyotan -2
Niparaya sp. 11 -1
Philinopsis falciphallus -1
Philinopsis speciosa -1
Phyllodesmium opalescens -1
Pleurobranchus weberi -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -4
Rostanga sp. 1 -2
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
Tenellia sibogae (yellow) -5
Tenellia sp. 23 -2
Tenellia sp. 24 -2
Tenellia sp. 47 -2
Trapania brunnea -1
Unidentia sp. 1 -100+
Unidentia sp. 4 -10
Unidentia sp. 6 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -100+
Unknown species -1

Entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate upon descent

Tenellia sp. 24

Unidentia sp. 1

Hydatina physis shell remnant

Unidentia sp. 1

Substrate

Murphydoris cobbi

Tenellia sp. 47

Goniobranchus daphne

Eubranchus sp. 10

Eubranchus sp. 10

Doto sp. 3



Murphydoris cobbi

Colpodaspis sp. 1

Eubranchus sp. 10

Lomanotus sp. 9

Lomanotus sp. 9

Goniobranchus daphne

Murphydoris cobbi

Unidentia sp. 14 



Murphydoris puncticulata

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Limacia ornata

Idaliadoris maugeansis many young

Substrate

Substrate

The Ovulid

Unidentia sp. 4

Tenellia sp. 23

Unidentia sp. 14

Flabellina pseudolotos

Flabellina pseudolotos

Haminoea sp. 19

Phyllodesmium opalescens

Unidentia sp. 14

Murphydoris sp. 3

Eubranchus sp. 3

Goniobranchus daphne

Unknown species

Gymnodoris amakusana

Gymnodoris amakusana

Goniobranchus geometricus 

Eubranchus sp. 3

Niparaya sp. 11

Unidentia sp. 1

Goniobranchus geometricus

Pteraeolidia semperi

Flabellina lotos

Flabellina lotos

Unidentia sp. 4

Goniodoridella savignyi

Hypselodoris obscura

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Colpodaspis sp. 1 x3

Jorunna parva

Flabellina pseudolotos

Goniobranchus geometricus

Tenellia sibogae

Rostanga sp. 1

Myja hyotan

Myja hyotan

Haminoeidae long-tail sp. 3

Murphydoris cobbi x2

Unidentia sp. 4

Unidentia sp. 4

Goniobranchus setoensis

My freind

Limacia ornata x2

Tenellia sp. 24

Tenellia sp. 23

Murphydoris puncticulata

Philinopsis falciphallus

Seal Rock

Mnestia sp. 1

Pleurobranchus weberi juvenile

Unidentia sp. 1 x3

Philinopsis speciosa

Goniodoridella savignyi

Roxaniella leucampyx

Goniobranchus sp. 6

Tenellia sibogae

Flabellina lotos

Pteraeolidia semperi

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Goniodoridella savignyi

Hydatina physis shell remnant

Gymnodoris sp. 41  NEW SPECIES

Gymnodoris sp. 41  NEW SPECIES

Mnestia sp. 1

Trapania brunnea

Unidentia sp. 4