I have been unable to find out what happened to this specimen, so there may be some doubt to the authenticity of this record. The exoskeleton was covered in the limy tubes of the Keelworm , Pomatoceros triqueter. On 15 December 1998 it was transferred to the Brighton Sea Life Centre . It is being kept in the large Tope tank with shoals of mackerel and rays, with plenty of rocks to hide under. Others seem to have a variety of claws that are not easily identified as crushing or cutting, but between the two.
Colours vary from almost black to a very light shade of blue with some being pink.
This suborder has been discontinued because of changes in the classification, but it will still be found in the old books and even in university marine biology courses. True Lobster Homaus gammarus is now to be found in the Infraorder Astacidea.