Editing Lobster (section)

=== Coloring ===
Typically, lobsters are dark colored, either bluish-green or greenish-brown, to blend in with the ocean floor, but they can be found in many colors.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/07/split-colored-lobster-maine/29830371/|title=Extremely rare split-colored lobster caught off Maine|website=USA Today|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/08/29/rare-ghost-lobster-caught-off-stonington/|title=Rare ghost lobster caught off Stonington|last=Linehanstaff|first=Josh|date=2018-08-29|website=Press Herald|access-date=2019-03-10}}</ref> Lobsters with atypical coloring are extremely rare, accounting for only a few of the millions caught every year, and due to their rarity, they usually are not eaten, instead being released back into the wild or donated to [[public aquarium|aquariums]]. Often, in cases of atypical coloring, there is a genetic factor, such as [[albinism]] or [[Hermaphrodite|hermaphroditism]]. Special coloring does not appear to affect the lobster's taste once cooked; except for albinos, all lobsters possess astaxanthin, which is responsible for the bright red color lobsters turn after being cooked.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/31483/why-do-crabs-and-lobsters-turn-red-when-you-cook-them|title=Why Do Crabs and Lobsters Turn Red When You Cook Them?|date=2012-08-29|website=mentalfloss.com|access-date=2019-03-25}}</ref>
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|+Chart of Atypical Coloring in Lobsters
!Color
!Prevalence
!Notes
!Notable specimens
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|[[Albinism|albino]]
|1 in 100,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/09/06/white-lobsters-caught/15224451/|title=2 of rarest of all lobsters caught 5 days apart|website=USA Today|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
|Also called white; translucent; ghost; crystal.<ref name="Boston.com">{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/news/animals/2017/09/13/the-rarest-lobster-colors-explained|title=Orange, yellow, blue, and even 'Halloween': The rarest lobster colors, explained|date=2017-09-13|work=Boston.com|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/rare-white-translucent-lobster-caught-maine-fisherman/story?id=49563899|title=Rare white 'translucent' lobster caught by Maine fisherman|date=2017-09-01|website=ABC News|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thisisinsider.com/maine-fisherman-mike-billings-caught-albino-ghost-lobster-2018-8|title=A Maine fisherman caught a rare 'ghost' lobster that's nearly see-through|last=Collman|first=Ashley|website=INSIDER|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
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|"cotton candy"
|1 in 100,000,000<ref name="Farber">{{Cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/science/maine-chef-finds-rare-cotton-candy-colored-lobster-in-tank|title=Maine chef finds rare cotton candy-colored lobster in tank|last=Farber|first=Madeline|date=2018-08-08|website=Fox News|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
|Also called pastel.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/cotton-candy-blue-lobster-rare-animals/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203112646/https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2018/06/cotton-candy-blue-lobster-rare-animals/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 3, 2019|title=Why This Rare Lobster Is Colored Like Blue Cotton Candy|date=2018-06-19|website=National Geographic News|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref> Possibly a sub-type of albino.<ref name="Farber"/>
|Haddie (2021, [[Maine]])<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rare 'cotton candy' Lobster found in Maine |url=https://www.boston.com/news/local-news/2021/11/09/cotton-candy-colored-lobster-maine |access-date=2023-01-07 |website=www.boston.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|blue
|1 in 1,000,000<ref name="NYT_2005-03-15">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/15/science/yes-its-a-lobster-and-yes-its-blue.html|title=Yes, It's a Lobster, and Yes, It's Blue|last=Chang|first=Kenneth|date=2005-03-15|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-03-11|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> to 1 in 2,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/08/23/blue-lobster-caught/14506607/|title=1-in-2M find: 14-year-old, dad nab blue lobster|website=USA Today|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref><ref name="TheHill" /><ref name="Cape Cod Times" />
|Caused by a genetic defect.<ref name="NYT_2005-03-15" />
|Lord Stanley (2019, Massachusetts)<ref name="TheHill">{{cite news | last=Campisi | first=Jessica | title=One in 2 million blue lobster found in Massachusetts seafood restaurant | website=The Hill | date=2019-06-14 | url=https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/448635-one-in-two-million-blue-lobster-found-in-massachusetts-seafood | access-date=2019-07-07}}</ref><ref name="Cape Cod Times">{{cite news | url = https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20190612/rare-blue-lobster-found-at-arnolds-in-eastham | title = Rare blue lobster found at Arnold's in Eastham | first=Edward |last=Sutelan | date=June 13, 2019 | access-date = July 6, 2019 | work=[[Cape Cod Times]]}}</ref>(2019, St. Louis)<ref>{{cite web | title=It's official: St. Louis Aquarium rare blue lobster has a name! | date=2019-07-02 | url=https://kplr11.com/2019/07/02/its-official-st-louis-aquarium-rare-blue-lobster-has-a-name/ | access-date=2019-07-07 | first=Aprylete | last=Russell | publisher=[[KPLR-TV]] | archive-date=July 7, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707033213/https://kplr11.com/2019/07/02/its-official-st-louis-aquarium-rare-blue-lobster-has-a-name/ | url-status=dead }}</ref> Lucky Blue (2022, [[Maine]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/meet-lucky-blue-one-2-213153294.html|title=Meet 'Lucky Blue': 1-in-2-million bright blue lobster caught by father and son in Maine|date=2022-08-17|website=yahoo.com|access-date=2022-08-17}}</ref>
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|calico
|1 in 30,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/environment/bs-md-calico-lobster-20190112-story.html|title=Rare 'calico lobster' found at Maryland seafood counter|last=Anderson|first=Jessica|website=The Baltimore Sun|access-date=2019-03-11|archive-date=February 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203073735/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/environment/bs-md-calico-lobster-20190112-story.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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|Eve (2019, [[Maryland]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wtkr.com/2019/01/14/rare-calico-lobster-turns-up-at-maryland-fish-market/|title=Rare calico lobster turns up at Maryland fish market|date=2019-01-15|website=WTKR.com|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
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|orange
|1 in 30,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pressherald.com/2018/06/07/flashy-orange-lobster-is-a-1-in-30-million-rarity/|title=Flashy orange lobster is a 1-in-30-million rarity|agency=Associated Press|date=2018-06-07|website=Press Herald|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
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|Cheddar (2022, [[Florida]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/red-lobster-rescues-rare-orange-lobster-144014250.html|title=1-in-30 million rare lobster spared from steamer after Red Lobster employees discover her in shipment|date=2022-07-13|website=yahoo.com|access-date=2022-07-13}}</ref> Biscuit (2022, [[Mississippi]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/another-rare-orange-lobster-named-biscuit-rescued-from-red-lobster-145052346.html|title=Cheddar, meet Biscuit. Rescue of second 1-in-30-million rare lobster from Red Lobster is raising questions about species 'abnormality.'|date=2022-08-09|website=yahoo.com|access-date=2022-08-09}}</ref>
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|split-colored
|1 in 50,000,000<ref name=":0" />
|Almost all split-coloreds are [[Hermaphrodism|hermaphroditic]].<ref name="Boston.com"/>
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|"Halloween"
|1 in 50,000,000<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.azula.com/split-colored-lobsters-2538315054.html|title=More Than 1 in 50 Million Lobsters Are Split-Colored Lobsters|date=2018-02-23|website=Azula - For the Love of Oceans|access-date=2019-03-11}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> to 1 in 100,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rare-yellow-lobster-genetics-colors-pigments|title=A Rare Yellow Lobster Joins a Boston Aquarium's Lobster Rainbow|last=Kennedy|first=Kelsey|date=2017-09-01|website=Atlas Obscura|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
|Sub-type of split-colored, specifically orange and black.<ref name="natgeo">{{cite web|url=https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2012/11/01/halloween-lobster-sports-orange-and-black/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610174417/https://blog.nationalgeographic.org/2012/11/01/halloween-lobster-sports-orange-and-black/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 10, 2020|title=Halloween Lobster Sports Orange and Black|date=2012-11-01|publisher=[[National Geographic Society]]|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
|Pinchy (2012, [[Massachusetts]])<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/uncategorized/noprimarytagmatch/2012/10/31/lobster-all-dressed-up-for-halloween-in-orange-and-black|title=Lobster all dressed up for Halloween in orange and black|date=2012-10-31|work=Boston.com|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
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|red
|1 in 10,000,000<ref name="natgeo" /> to 1 in 30,000,000<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/07/07/split-colored-lobster-maine/29830371/|title=Extremely rare split-colored lobster caught off Maine|website=[[USA Today]]|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
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|yellow
|1 in 30,000,000<ref>{{Citation|last=Charns|first=David|title=One in 30 million: Super rare yellow lobster found off Maine coast|date=2018-06-21|url=https://www.wmtw.com/article/one-in-30-million-super-rare-yellow-lobster-found-off-maine-coast/21746153|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>
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