The newest lobster to join the touch pools at Northeastern’s Marine Science Center in Nahant loves to eat mussels and tuck under rocks just like other crustaceans.
But this lobster, named Neptune, has a brilliant blue shell that makes his occurrence among the lobster population one in 2 million.
Caught in July by Brad Myslinski, owner and captain of the Sophia & Emma in Salem, Neptune made his way to Nahant through the good graces of Lynn Classical High School teacher Dave Winchester.
“It took my breath away seeing this bright blue lobster,” says Sierra Munoz, outreach program coordinator at the Marine Science Center. “I’ve seen a few lobsters that have a little blue on them, but I’ve never seen one that’s this electric blue.”
Winchester, a marine biology teacher with a longtime connection to the Marine Science Center, says she “knew how rare this find was, that we have the space and resources to safely house the lobster and that we could benefit from it for our educational programs.”
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Photo by Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University
