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Ilhas do Santa Catarina

Itapoá, Santa Catarina · Brazil

What have people found?

Five-slotted sand dollar, nine-armed sea star and cuban stone crab turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Mottled shore crab, brown mussel and broadleaf sea lettuce are the usual finds. ~78 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 May and August.

What should you know before visiting?

Parking is about 0.3 miles 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. Tide pool safety
A tide pool is a fragile place. Look and photograph, take nothing. The tidepooling code

What lives at Ilhas do Santa Catarina?

Species records from iNaturalist

Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Brown MusselPerna perna
Stramonita brasiliensisStramonita brasiliensis
Broadleaf Sea LettuceUlva lactuca
Nine-armed Sea StarLuidia senegalensis
Brazilian red anemoneBunodosoma caissarum
Padina gymnosporaPadina gymnospora
Cuban Stone CrabMenippe nodifrons
Harlequin Sea CucumberHolothuria grisea
Olivancillaria urceusOlivancillaria urceus
Mytilaster solisianusMytilaster solisianus
Five-slotted Sand DollarMellita quinquiesperforata
Canjica AnemoneBunodosoma cangicum
Lepidopa richmondiLepidopa richmondi
West Atlantic Sandcastle WormPhragmatopoma caudata
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