Nudibranch Central

Thursday, October 3, 2019

Species List: 03-10-2019, Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

24 species sighted at Fish Cage, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 03-10-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary, Brenton, Thorne and Lilly of 154 minutes. Maximum depth 6.0 m, 22 C water temperature and up to 6 m viz.

Get in while the going is great! So off we went. This dive brought great surprises. Among those surprises Trapania scurra, Trapania brunnea, Plocamopherus pecoso, Polycera sp. and a new species Onchidoris maugeansis confirmed by Bob Burn. The river continues to impress!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Austrocylichna leucampyx shell -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Cratena lineata -5
Dendrodoris denisoni -1
Doto sp. 6 -8
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -3
Flabellina lotos -4
Goniobranchus daphne -9
Goniobranchus sp. 6 -
Goniodoridella savignyi -17
* Goniodoridella sp. 1 -22
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Hypselodoris obscura -20
Hypselodoris zephyra -1
Hypselodoris whitei -3
Onchidoris maugeansis -1 NEW SPECIES AND NEW RECORD FOR THE RIVER
Plocamopherus pecoso -1
Polycera sp. 1 -1
Pteraeolidia semperi -1
Tenellia sp. 23 -1
Thuridilla carlsoni -4
Trapania brunnea -2
Trapania scurra -2

Entry

Ready to go!

Thuridilla carlsoni

Substrate

Doto sp. 6

Polycera sp. 1

Onchidoris maugeansis NEW SPECIES

Doto sp. 6

Eubranchus sp. 10

Great looking snail

Goniobranchus daphne

Bulbaeolidia alba

Goniobranchus daphne

Thuridilla carlsoni

Goniodoridella savignyi

Cratena lineata

Eubranchus sp. 3

Goniodoridella sp. 1

Goniodoridella savignyi

Hypselodoris obscura

Gymnodoris sp. 22

Plocamopherus pecoso

Hypselodoris whitei

Tenellia sp. 23

Pteraeolidia semperi

Austrocylichna leucampyx

Trapania scurra p-air

Trapania brunnea pair

Trapania scurra

Onchidoris maugeansis NEW SPECIES

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Species List: 02-10-2019, Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, Qld.

23 species sighted at Rotunda, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, 02-10-2019.

A single shore entry dive by Gary and Brenton of 184 minutes. Maximum depth 5.4 m, 22 C water temperature and up to 6 m viz.

After 2 days of rain we arrived at the river and it looked great. The water temp is still at 22C but the viz dropped a little. I was very happy to turn over two rock only to find two Plocamopherus pecoso animals. The highlight was finding, after a long wait, Plakobranchus ocellatus at 20 mm and beautiful!

Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count

Atys semistriatus shell -1
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Cratena lineata -6
Cratena simba -2
Doto sp. 6 -10
Elysia sp. 11 -1
Eubranchus sp. 10 -9
Flabellina lotos -9
Goniobranchus daphne -5
* Goniodoridella savignyi -21
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -14
Gymnodoris sp. 10 -1
Gymnodoris sp. 22 -1
Haminoea sp. shell -3
Hypselodoris obscura -8
Lomanotus sp. 5 -1
Haminoea sp. shell -3
Plakobranchus ocellatus -1
Plocamopherus pecoso -2
Pteraeolidia semperi -4
Thuridilla carlsoni -3
Tenellia sp. 24 -1
Unidentia sp. 7 -1