Lobster Institute cited in AP report of four-clawed crustacean
The Associated Press cited statistics from the Lobster Institute at the University of Maine for an article about a rare four-clawed lobster that was bought by Portland seafood wholesaler Ready Seafood Co. The crustacean, which was sold from a Canadian dealer, has three claws on one arm and one on the other, according to the article. Genetic defects sometimes cause lobsters to have different coloration than their typical brownish hue, the AP article states. According to UMaine’s Lobster Institute, blue lobsters are about a 1-in-2 million occurrence, and other colors are much rarer. A marine researcher with the Gulf of Maine Research Institute told the AP it’s difficult to say exactly how uncommon it is to find a four-clawed lobster. Sun Journal, The Detroit News, Chron and U.S. News & World Report carried the AP article.