First report of partial albinism in the blue lobster (Bouvier, 1895) from the Mexican Pacific (Crustacea, Decapoda, Palinuridae).

The first case of partial albinism registered in the Mexican Pacific by the blue lobster 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.