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Lobsters, like snails and spiders, have blue blood due to the presence of hemocyanin, which contains copper. [8] In contrast, vertebrates, and many other animals have red blood from iron-rich hemoglobin. Lobsters possess a green hepatopancreas, called the tomalley by chefs, which functions as the animal's liver and pancreas. [9]
Some lobsters become blue as a result of a genetic mutation that causes the lobster to produce an excessive amount of a particular protein. [23] The protein and a red carotenoid molecule known as astaxanthin combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color. [24]
The upper side of the animal is brownish red, without the paler bands or spots seen in some other spiny lobsters. The legs are a similar color, but with one or more lighter streaks running along their length. [3] Males and females of all ages can be distinguished by the position of the two round genital openings or gonopores.
Spiny lobsters can be easily distinguished from true lobsters by their very long, thick, spiny antennae, by the lack of chelae (claws) on the first four pairs of walking legs, although the females of most species have a small claw on the fifth pair, [6] and by a particularly specialized larval phase called phyllosoma.
There are only so many lobsters in the sea, so where is Red Lobster sourcing its clawed bounty?
Despite its shiny red exoskeleton and reputation as a bug of the sea, the lobster — though far from the world’s strangest delicacy — has long reigned as an unlikely luxury staple.
They are brightly coloured, with stripes, rings, or spots. They are typically mainly red, orange, purplish and white. [2] Reef lobsters are small (depending on species, up to 10–13 centimetres or 4–5 inches), nocturnal (spending the day in caves or crevices), and very timid. [2] The species can be distinguished by their colouration and ...
The internet was taken by storm this past summer when Cheddar, a one-in-30-million orange lobster, was found and rescued by staff at a Red Lobster in Hollywood, Fla. Named after one of the ...