RandyFunRuiner t1_j9mib8s wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:05 AM

Aren’t the bicolored ones chimeras and/or also hermaphroditic?

Sketchables OP t1_j9mj9po wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:11 AM

That I don't know. I saw these at an aquarium in Cape Cod today. Apparently the bicolor is more like 1 in 50 million (the display said 200). More to research

RandyFunRuiner t1_j9mks96 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:23 AM

Apparently it’s called gendramorphy where the chromosome development early on in embryonic development doesn’t happen correctly leading to one side having male sex organs and the other side having female. But it isn’t always the case that bicolored lobsters are gendramorphs, however it can be a sign of it.

Sketchables OP t1_j9mnbjg wrote on February 23, 2023 at 1:41 AM

Very cool

-a___ t1_j9n9p5f wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:37 AM

Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

AffectionateRaise136 t1_j9n9ss1 wrote on February 23, 2023 at 4:38 AM

Woke lobsters !!! /S

Rare lobsters. Blue coloration occurs 1 in every 2 million; the bicolor 1 in every 200 million!

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