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The Island of Andros has a large population of white land crabs (Cardisoma guanahumi). Land crabs spend most of the year living and feeding in burrows among the mangroves and in low-lying broadleaf coppice where the water table is close to the surface. This way the crabs can immerse themselves in water and keep their gills moist. In May, when heavy rains on Andros flood the low lying areas, the land crabs tend to migrate to the crevices found in the higher coppice and pinelands along the Eastern coastal ridge. In suitable habitats, there may be as much as a thousand crab burrows per acre. In the early summer, around the full moon, females start migrating en mass to the saltwater to lay their eggs. The spawning season generally occurs from June through September. Females may spawn several times during one season. The eggs released into the sea soon hatch into planktonic larva and go through a series of moults, until they metamorphose into an adult land crab (Smithsonian Marine Station 2001; Costlow and Bookhout 1969; Austin and Lutz 1980). Land crabs are an important economic and consumptive resource for the people of Andros. During spawning season, Androsians come out in the hundreds to catch crabs as they run across the roads on their way to the sea. It is estimated that about 715 households make around $2,000 each selling land crabs in New Providence (ANCAT 2001). |
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The Island of Andros has a large population of white land crabs (Cardisoma guanahumi). Land crabs spend most of the year living and feeding in burrows among the mangroves and in low-lying broadleaf coppice where the water table is close to the surface. This way the crabs can immerse themselves in water and keep their gills moist. In May, when heavy rains on Andros flood the low lying areas, the land crabs tend to migrate to the crevices found in the higher coppice and pinelands along the Eastern coastal ridge. In suitable habitats, there may be as much as a thousand crab burrows per acre. In the early summer, around the full moon, females start migrating en mass to the saltwater to lay their eggs. The spawning season generally occurs from June through September. Females may spawn several times during one season. The eggs released into the sea soon hatch into planktonic larva and go through a series of moults, until they metamorphose into an adult land crab (Smithsonian Marine Station 2001; Costlow and Bookhout 1969; Austin and Lutz 1980). Land crabs are an important economic and consumptive resource for the people of Andros. During spawning season, Androsians come out in the hundreds to catch crabs as they run across the roads on their way to the sea. It is estimated that about 715 households make around $2,000 each selling land crabs in New Providence (ANCAT 2001). |
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Andros Terrain Crab 2006 |
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