22 species sighted at Rotunda upriver, La Balsa Park, Mooloolah River, Mooloolaba, Qld. 12-08-2020.
A single solo shore entry dive Gary of 223 minutes. Maximum depth 5.6 m, 20 C water temperature up to 7 m viz.
A beautiful day greeted me at the river. The water looked clean and blue. Unidentia species and Goniodoridella savignyi still rule the roost. The first 20 minutes recorded 10 species! Embletonia gracilis and two large Philinopsis speciosa were great finds. The highlight was finding another new species...Placida barackobamai with its white line on the rhinophores.
Species and number thereof sighted
* Species with highest specimen count
Atys semistriatus shell -2
Atys sp. 8 shell -2
Bulbaeolidia alba -1
Costasiella kuroshimae -1
Cratena lineata -30
Embletonia gracilis -1
Eubranchus sp. 3 -1
Facelina sp. 11 -1
Flabellina lotos -41
Goniodoridella savignyi -52
Goniodoridella sp. 1 -5
Hypselodoris obscura -7
Kabeiro christianae -5
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -many unborn young
Liloa brevis shell -4
Philinopsis speciosa -2
Placida barackobamai -1 NEW SPECIES
Retusa amphizosta -5
Retusa sp. 6 shell -1
Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1
* Unidentia sp. 1 -53
Unidentia sp. 2 -17
Unidentia sp. 3 -10
Entry surface conditions - the drift
Substrate
Liloa brevis
Atys sp. 8
Unidentia sp. 3
Unidentia sp. 1
Unidentia sp. 2
Goniodoridella sp. 1
Placida barackobamai NEW SPECIES
Cratena lineata
Flabellina lotos
Embletonia gracilis
Cratena lineata
Eubranchus sp. 3
Goniodoridella savignyi
Philinopsis speciosa
Facelina sp. 11
Flabellina lotos x4
Knoutsodonta maugeansis -many unborn young
Unidentia sp. 3
Philinopsis speciosa
Costasiella kuroshimae
Substrate
Substrate
Unidentia sp. 2
Hypselodoris obscura
Bulbaeolidia alba
Atys semistriatus
Flabellina lotos
Retusa sp. 6
Atys sp. 8
Kabeiro christianae
Kabeiro christianae
Substrate
