Puerto Pirámides
Departamento Biedma, Chubut · Argentina
What have people found?
Collared buccinum, tehuelche scallop and naked green sea urchin turn up here more than at our other rock pools. European green crab, rowing crab and spanish snail are the usual finds. ~28 distinct species have been recorded here. More has been recorded at Punta Cuevas, 62 kilometers away.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and November.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 150 meters away.
Arrive 45 minutes to an hour before low tide and leave as it turns. The water comes back faster than it left.
Grippy shoes beat sandals. Wet rock and algae are more slippery than they look. Rock pool safety
A rock pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The rockpooling code
What lives at Puerto Pirámides?
Species records from iNaturalist
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Parabunodactis imperfectaParabunodactis imperfecta
Rowing CrabOvalipes trimaculatus
Spanish SnailOtala punctata
WakameUndaria pinnatifida
South American Sea NettleChrysaora plocamia
Lesson's False LimpetSiphonaria lessonii
Collared BuccinumBuccinastrum deforme
Pacific Acorn BarnacleBalanus glandula
Tehuelche scallopAequipecten tehuelchus
Grey Side-gilled Sea SlugPleurobranchaea maculata
Naked Green Sea UrchinArbacia dufresnii
Large Warted DorisDoris fontainii
Plumose AnemoneMetridium senile
Plata river musselMytilus platensis
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