Scoglio della Carrubba
Catania, Sicilia · Italy
What have people found?
Golden coral shrimp, spiny fan mussel and red-mouthed dog winkle turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Bearded fireworm, nimble spray crab and spotted bumblebee shrimp are the usual finds. ~122 distinct species have been recorded here.
Tide
We do not have a tide source for this coast yet.
View the predicted tide at Punta del Messinese, 51 miles away.
When do people visit?
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Most observations come from July and August.
What should you know before visiting?
Customer parking is about 500 feet 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 Scoglio della Carrubba?
Species records from iNaturalist
Bearded FirewormHermodice carunculata
Nimble Spray CrabPercnon gibbesi
Spotted Bumblebee ShrimpGnathophyllum elegans
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
Black sea urchinArbacia lixula
European Common CuttlefishSepia officinalis
Purple Sea StarOphidiaster ophidianus
Spiny Fan MusselPinna rudis
Red-mouthed Dog WinkleStramonita haemastoma
Golden Coral ShrimpStenopus spinosus
Common OctopusOctopus vulgaris
spotted seahareAplysia dactylomela
Warty CrabEriphia verrucosa
Mottled Shore CrabPachygrapsus transversus
Green OrmerHaliotis tuberculata
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