Diseased Lobster (IMAGE)

Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Diseased Lobster

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Epizootic shell disease can lead to pitting, erosion, and "melanization" or darkening of a lobster's carapace. Survival of moderately and severely diseased lobsters -- those with disease on more than 10 percent of their cuticle -- is only 30 percent that of healthy animals.

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© Dr. Jeff Shields/VIMS.

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