Playa del Cervigón
Gijón / Xixón, Asturias / Asturies · Spain
What have people found?
White tortoiseshell limpet, brown brittle star and brown tuning-fork weed turn up here more than at our other rock pools. White sea star, snakelocks anemone and rockpool prawn are the usual finds. ~92 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 March and August.
What should you know before visiting?
Parking is about 350 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 Playa del Cervigón?
Species records from iNaturalist
White Sea StarCoscinasterias tenuispina
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Rockpool PrawnPalaemon elegans
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Brown Brittle StarOphioderma longicaudum
Cushion StarAsterina gibbosa
White Tortoiseshell LimpetTectura virginea
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Common Brittle StarOphiothrix fragilis
Grey Mail-shellLepidochitona cinerea
Montagu's CrabXantho hydrophilus
Strawberry AnemoneActinia fragacea
brown tuning-fork weedBifurcaria bifurcata
Holothuria mammataHolothuria mammata
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