Rare Lobster Found

Diver Barry Bennett caught a rare Slipper Lobster just before Christmas. The lobster, normally found in the Bay of Biscay and Mediterranean, was kept in the Habour Master’s Office on St Mary’s quay.

When Plymouth’s National Marine Aquarium heard the news, they were quick to confirm it’s identity, a Scyllarus Arctus, and offered it a home.

Divernet.com states that only 13 such lobsters have been found around the British Isles since 1758.

Links:

• Divernet: “Rare Lobster Captured in Scilly”
• NOAA: “Slipper Lobster”