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Arrondissement d'Anfa ⴰⴱⵏⵏⵣ ⴰⵏⴼⴰ مقاطعة أنفا

Pachalik de Casablanca باشوية الدار البيضاء, Casablanca-Settat ⵜⴰⴷⴷⴰⵔⵜ ⵜⵓⵎⵍⵉⵍⵜ-ⵙⵟⵟⴰⵜ الدار البيضاء-سطات · Morocco

What have people found?

Rustic dove-shell, brown mussel and saint piran's hermit crab turn up here more than at our other tide pools. Grooved carpet shell, lined top shell and snakelocks anemone are the usual finds. ~40 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 June and November.

What should you know before visiting?

Paid parking is about 1000 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 Arrondissement d'Anfa ⴰⴱⵏⵏⵣ ⴰⵏⴼⴰ مقاطعة أنفا?

Species records from iNaturalist

grooved carpet shellRuditapes decussatus
Lined Top ShellPhorcus lineatus
snakelocks anemoneAnemonia viridis
Brown MusselPerna perna
Velvet Swimming CrabNecora puber
Saint Piran's Hermit CrabClibanarius erythropus
Rustic Dove-shellColumbella rustica
Atlantic Purple Sea UrchinParacentrotus lividus
Red-rimmed MelaniaMelanoides tuberculata
Spiny Spider CrabMaja brachydactyla
Purple TopshellSteromphala umbilicalis
Striped false limpetSiphonaria pectinata
Half-striated DonaxDonax semistriatus
Lamellose WentletrapGyroscala commutata
Marbled CrabPachygrapsus marmoratus
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