13 species sighted at Fish Cage and back, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 12-04-2024.
A single shore entry dive with Gary, Lilah and Jackson of 89 minutes, 1.4 m, maximum depth 5.9 m, 25 C water temperature, 2-3 m viz.
Lilah and Jackson were in town for a couple of days and wanted to see what all the fuss was about in the river. So off we went. The usual suspects and they were happy!
Species and numbers recorded:
Cratena lineata -30+
Flabellina lotos -5
Flabellina pseudolotos -1
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Liloa brevis shell -1
Murphydoris cobbi -50+
Tenellia sibogae (yellow) -3
Tenellia sp. 70 -3
Unidentia sp. 1 -7
Unidentia sp. 4 -1
Unidentia sp. 5 -5
Unidentia sp. 6 -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -2
Beautiful entry
Clarity
Lets go!
Surface
Lookin good!
Murphydoris cobbi
Howdy
Liloa brevis
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 5
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 5
Flabellina pseudolotos
Cratena lineata
Unidentia sp. 3
Murphydoris cobbi
Shoot
Murphydoris cobbi
-5
Tenellia sibogae
Unidentia sp. 14 x2
Flabellina lotos
Flabellina lotos
Murphydoris cobbi party
Cratena lineata party
Check!
Smile
The Lion
Tenellia sp. 70 mating pair
Tenellia sibogae
Tenellia sibogae
Gothum City
Goniobranchus daphne juvenile
Flabellina lotos
Unidentia sp. 14
Happy ending
