Tessellated Pavement State Reserve
Tasmania · Australia
What have people found?
Tasmanian live-bearing sea star, rosette barnacle and orange-edged limpet turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Waratah anemone, neptune's necklace and mulberry anemone are the usual finds. ~106 distinct species have been recorded here, across at least 5 years of observations.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Darlington, 48 kilometers away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from January and February.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 300 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 Tessellated Pavement State Reserve?
Species records from iNaturalist
Waratah AnemoneActinia tenebrosa
Neptune's necklaceHormosira banksii
mulberry anemonePhlyctenanthus australis
Snakeskin ChitonSypharochiton pelliserpentis
Dwarf Cushion StarParvulastra exigua
Striped False LimpetSiphonaria diemenensis
Tasmanian Live-bearing Sea StarParvulastra vivipara
Beaked MusselAustromytilus rostratus
Lineated cominellaCominella lineolata
Common WarrenerLunella undulata
Southern Man-O-WarPhysalia megalista
Purple Rock CrabLeptograpsus variegatus
European Green CrabCarcinus maenas
Rosette barnacleTetraclitella purpurascens
Orange-edged limpetCellana solida
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