Pontal de Maracaípe
Pernambuco · Brazil
What have people found?
Brazilian starlet coral, olive zoanthid and dark cerith turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Mottled shore crab, redfinger rubble crab and ribbed barnacle are the usual finds. ~72 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from February and September.
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 Pontal de Maracaípe?
Species records from iNaturalist
Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Redfinger Rubble CrabEriphia gonagra
Ribbed BarnacleTetraclita stalactifera
Trigonal TivelaTivela mactroides
Anomalocardia flexuosaAnomalocardia flexuosa
Atlantic Ghost CrabOcypode quadrata
Brazilian Starlet CoralSiderastrea stellata
Antillean Hermit CrabClibanarius antillensis
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Caribbean Sea MatPalythoa caribaeorum
Olive ZoanthidZoanthus sociatus
Dark CerithCerithium atratum
Clibanarius sclopetariusClibanarius sclopetarius
Didemnum psammatodesDidemnum psammatodes
Agathistoma viridulumAgathistoma viridulum
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