Crab Key Beach
Saint Ann · Jamaica
What have people found?
Green clinging crab, brown variable sponge and knobby brain coral turn up here more than at our other rock pools. Banded clinging crab, bearded fireworm and atlantic rock-boring urchin are the usual finds. ~85 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 April and September.
What should you know before visiting?
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 Crab Key Beach?
Species records from iNaturalist
Amphimedon viridisAmphimedon viridis
Ischnoplax pectinataIschnoplax pectinata
banded clinging crabMithraculus cinctimanus
Bearded FirewormHermodice carunculata
Atlantic Rock-boring UrchinEchinometra lucunter
Knobby brain coralPseudodiploria clivosa
Blue Tube SpongeHaliclona caerulea
Chiton viridisChiton viridis
Giant AnemoneCondylactis gigantea
Lesser Starlet CoralSiderastrea radians
sun anemoneStichodactyla helianthus
Green Clinging CrabMithraculus sculptus
Brown Variable SpongeCliona varians
Orangeclaw Hermit CrabCalcinus tibicen
Mustard Hill CoralPorites astreoides
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