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Friday, November 18, 2022

Species List: 18-11-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

14 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 18-11-2022.

A single solo shore entry dive with Gary of 135 minutes. Maximum depth 5.8 m, 24 C water temperature, 3 m viz.

A beautiful warm sunny day and no rellies! A pleasent surprise was turning over a stick and seeing Atalodoris maugeansis, this is another "come-back-species", also seeing two Flabellina sp. 4 on Fish Cage - what a surprize! There is still a bit of silt about. Near the end of the dive the vis dropped. Murphydoris cobbi and Goniodoridella savignyi are the most common species.

Species and number thereof sighted:

Atalodoris maugeansis -1 come-back-species

Bulbaeolidia alba -2

Doto sp. 3 -1

Elysia sp. ?? -1 NEW SPECIES????

Flabellina sp. 4 -2 come-back-species

Goniodoridella savignyi -9

Liloa brevis shell -1

Murphydoris cobbi -10

Murphydoris puncticulata -1

Retusa pygmaea shell -1

Tenellia sp. 49 -3

Tenellia sp. 60 -1

Unidentia sp. 3 -3

Unidentia sp. 5 -3

Sunny entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate upon descent

Murphydoris cobbi

Tenellia sp. 60

Goniodoridella savignyi

Substrate

Goniodoridella savignyi

Tenellia sp. 49

Atalodoris maugeansis come-back-species

Goniodoridella savignyi

Retusa pygmaea

Substrate

Goniodoridella savignyi

Bulbaeolidia alba

Murphydoris puncticulata

A nice sized egg mass

Bulbaeolidia alba

Flabellina sp. 4 come-back-species

Elysia sp. ?? NEW SPECIES?

Unidentia sp. 3

Fish Cage

Thursday, November 3, 2022

Species List: 03-11-2022, Fish Cage to High Rise, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia.

10 species sighted at Fish Cage to High Rise, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 03-11-2022.

A single shore entry dive with Gary and Jenny of 139 minutes. Maximum depth 6.2 m, 22 C water temperature, 2 m viz.

Jenny came to town and to the river we went. There was a lot of silt on the bottom today and a tame 1.7m tidal flow. At the end of Gothum City at the channel side of the base of a rock was a rather large white hydroid with a Tenellia sp. 67 and two Lomanotus sp. 7 in it...great, more come-back-species.

Species and number thereof sighted:

Anteaeolidiella cacaotica egg masses x3 -many young

Elysia sp. 18 -1

Goniodoridella savignyi -3

Haminoea sp. 17 shell -1

Liloa brevis shell -2

Lomanotus sp. 7 -2

Murphydoris cobbi -21

Myja sp. 1? -1

Tenellia sp. 67 -1

Unidentia sp. 1 -1