Wednesday, May 29, 2024

Species List: 29-05-2024, Toilet Block including Bubble Wall, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

 24 species sighted at Toilet Block including Bubble Wall, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 29-05-2024.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 202 minutes, 1.2 m, maximum depth 5.5 m, 22 C water temperature, 3-4 m viz.

Winter water is upon us, so get in before the rain comes! A New Record for River found under a rock Platydoris ellioti a great find. A Tenellia sp. 79 and NEW SPECIES was recorded today with a transparent body with white spots and cerata with white spots. There were several Flabellina aurora were seen today. Nice to see another Pteraeolidia semperi.

Species and numbers recorded:

Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Cratena lineata -100+
Cratena simba -2
Dermatobranchus sp. 15 -1
Facelina bourailli -4
Flabellina aurora -11
Flabellina lotos -23
Flabellina pseudolotos -7
Goniobranchus daphne -1
Goniodoridella unidonta -2
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -19
Gymnodoris sp. 26 -1 Red gills
Gymnodoris sp. 39 -3
Hypselodoris obscura -2
Murphydoris cobbi -16
Murphydoris puncticulata -2
Platydoris ellioti -1 New Record for River
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Tenellia sibogae (yellow) -8
Tenellia sp. 70 -8
Tenellia sp. 79 -2 NEW SPECIES
Unidentia sp. 1 -6
Unidentia sp. 8? -1
Unidentia sp. 14 -1

Lovely entry

Claity

Surface

Substrate upon descent

Murphydoris puncticulata 

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Gymnodoris sp. 39

Substrate

Cratena lineata

Cratena lineata

Murphydoris cobbi

Cratena lineata

Cratena simba

Murphydoris cobbi with no rhinophores

Unidentia sp. 1

Substrate top of Bubble Wall

Tenellia sibogae

Tenellia sp. 70

Unidentia sp. 8?

Substrate

Flabellina lotos

Flabellina lotos

Flabellina lotos

Goniobranchus daphne

Tenellia sp. 70

Hypselodoris obscura

Flabellina lotos

Flabellina pseudolotos

The new 3 Stooges

Facelina bourailli

Facelina bourailli

Flabellina aurora

Gymnodoris sp. 26

Flabellina aurora

Flabellina aurora

Platydoris ellioti  New Record for River
photobombed by crab!

Platydoris ellioti  New Record for River

Platydoris ellioti  New Record for River

Platydoris ellioti  New Record for River

Platydoris ellioti  New Record for River

Flabellina aurora

Flabellina aurora

Tenellia sp. 79  NEW SPECIES

Tenellia sp. 79  NEW SPECIES

Bulbaeolidia alba

Substrate

Cratena simba

Dermatobranchus sp. 15

Murphydoris cobbi

Facelina bourailli

Goniodoridella unidonta

Look up

Gymnodoris sp. 39

Pteraeolidia semperi 

Murphydoris puncticulata

Murphydoris cobbi

Tenellia sibogae

Tenellia sibogae

Goniodoridella unidonta

Hypselodoris obscura

Flabellina lotos

Gymnodoris sp. 10

Flabellina spawn