Nudibranch Central

Wednesday, August 3, 2022

Species List: 03-08-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

7 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 03-08-2022.

A single solo shore entry morning with Gary of 135 minutes. Maximum depth 5.4 m, 18.4 C water temperature, up to 8 m viz.

Finally Winter water is here! And to top it all off a live Plocamopherus tilesii and a nice sea star as well as a few Murphydoris cobbi. Plenty of hydroids were to be seen...exciting. A couple of egg masses were seen as well.

Species and number thereof sighted

* Species with highest specimen count

Haloa wallisii shell -1

Liloa brevis shell -1

* Murphydoris cobbi -7

Plocamopherus tilesii -1!

Retusa pygmaea shell -1

Retusa sp. 9 shell -1

Tornatina sp. 1 shell -1

Morning entry

Clarity

Surface

Substrate

Fish Cage

Substrate Table Rock

Murphydoris cobbi

Haloa wallisii

Retusa pygmaea

Substrate

Egg mass

Hydroid!

Live Snail

SeaStar!

Substrate

Life from under the rocks

Hydroid!

Substrate

Murphydoris cobbi x2

Substrate

Tornatina sp. 1

Plocamopherus tilesii

Live Bi-valve

Live Moon Snail

Retusa sp. 9

Plocamopherus tilesii

Catfish ball steerin it up

Thursday, July 7, 2022

Species List: 07-07-2022, Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

3 species sighted at Fish Cage, Mooloolah River, La Balsa Park, Buddina, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia. 07-07-2022.

A single solo shore entry with Gary of 94 minutes. Maximum depth 5.2 m, 18 C water temperature, up to 3 m viz.

This dive was to shoot some video footage of me diving the river for the doco. No live Nudibranchs, 3 species of bubble-shells, a new hydroid, lots of worms from under rocks. The Fish Cage is nearly buried.

Species and number thereof sighted

Liloa brevis shell -3

Retusa amphizosta shell -1

Roxaniella leucampyx shell -1