First report of partial albinism in the blue lobster panulirus inflatus (Bouvier, 1895) from the Mexican Pacific (crustacea, decapoda, palinuridae)

Abstract

The first case of partial albinism registered in the Mexican Pacific by the blue lobster Panulirus inflatus is presented. The specimen was collected on the southern coast of Jalisco know as Punta “El Estrecho”. It constitutes one of the few registered cases of albinism in invertebrates from the Eastern Tropical Pacific.