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.
Abnormal Lobsters Sir, I live on the Isle of Man which is a small Island located in the Irish sea between England and Ireland. A friend of mine who is a professional fisherman caught a lobster which is half male and half female. It has 2 distinct colours, one side black, the other orange. He understands this is very rare and to his knowledge this is the first time one has been caught in these waters. Fishermen Peter Gay and Peter Drelaud caught a red Lobster , Homarus gammarus , off the south east of Jersey, in April.