Praia do Pacheco
Caucaia, Ceará · Brazil
What have people found?
Smoothtail spiny lobster, green feather alga and antillean hermit crab turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Masked swimming crab, mottled shore crab and cuban stone crab are the usual finds. ~48 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 January and September.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 700 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 Praia do Pacheco?
Species records from iNaturalist
Masked Swimming CrabCallinectes larvatus
Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Cuban Stone CrabMenippe nodifrons
Stramonita brasiliensisStramonita brasiliensis
Ischnoplax pectinataIschnoplax pectinata
Antillean Hermit CrabClibanarius antillensis
spotted seahareAplysia dactylomela
Wharf LouseLigia exotica
Green Feather AlgaCaulerpa sertularioides
Ischnochiton striolatusIschnochiton striolatus
Agathistoma viridulumAgathistoma viridulum
Acantholobulus schmittiAcantholobulus schmitti
Smoothtail Spiny LobsterPanulirus laevicauda
Redfinger Rubble CrabEriphia gonagra
Eulalia myriacyclumEulalia myriacyclum
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