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These Islands are relatively permanent, although some are disappearing on the scale of a few centuries, like Smith Island in the Chesapeake Bay. There are also a number of unnamed islands in Maryland, many of which are very temporary in nature, lasting only a few years or decades, both in the tidal environment and also in Maryland's larger ...
Blue crab escaping from the net along the Core Banks of North Carolina.. Callinectes sapidus (from the Ancient Greek κάλλος,"beautiful" + nectes, "swimmer", and Latin sapidus, "savory"), the blue crab, Atlantic blue crab, or, regionally, the Maryland blue crab, is a species of crab native to the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, and introduced internationally.
The blue crab, Callinectes sapidus was chosen as the state crustacean of Maryland in 1989. [17] C. sapidus is a crab found in the waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific coast of Central America and the Gulf of Mexico. The blue crab may grow to a carapace width of 230 mm (9.1 in).
Maryland's icon, the blue crab, has been fading From the least impactful to the most, here are 25 bits of vanishing America. Top 25 things vanishing from America: # 19 -- Maryland blue crabs
the Cape Verde Islands and Nouadhibou, Mauritania to Angola. Callinectes ornatus Ordway, 1863: western Atlantic Ocean, as well the Caribbean coastlines. Callinectes pallidus (Rochebrune, 1883) Mauritania to Angola. Callinectes rathbunae Contreras, 1930: warm coastal waters of Mexico. Callinectes sapidus Rathbun, 1896: Chesapeake blue crab
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Both islands are situated in the lower Chesapeake Bay. The refuge was established in 1954 when the late Glenn L. Martin donated 2,569 acres (10.40 km 2 ) to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service . Since then, donation and purchase has increased the size of the refuge to 4,548 acres (18.41 km 2 ).
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