Reproductive biology of galatheoid and chirostyloid (Crustacea: Decapoda) squat lobsters from the Gulf of Mexico Author Kilgour, Morgan J. Author Shirley, Thomas C. text Zootaxa 2014 3754 4 381 419 journal article 46649 10.11646/zootaxa.3754.4.3 96aabdb2-1be6-484b-a6aa-34d046a24d01 1175-5326 229435 D6C44F9E-6EF7-411B-8C49-132AA77AB1A5 Munida valida Smith, 1883 Munida valida is a common squat lobster found from Brazil to New England in depths of 313 to 1823 m ( Smith 1883 ; Pequegnat & Pequegnat 1970 ; Wenner 1982 ; de Melo-Filho & de Melo 2001b ). We analyzed specimens from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 279 to 850 m . Specimens were collected in every month; ovigerous specimens were not collected in January, October or December ( Fig. 9 H). One hundred fifty-one males (CW from 6.3 to 27 mm ), 155 non-ovigerous females (CW from 4.5 to 24.6 mm ), and 12 ovigerous females were measured (CW from 15.5 to 22.5 mm ). Males were not significantly larger than females (t-test, df = 317, t = 0.561, p = 0.575) but ovigerous females were larger than non-ovigerous females (t-test, df = 165, t = 3.332, p = 0.001). These results are consistent with previous studies ( Wenner 1982 ). Females had between 56 and 11,800 eggs with average egg diameters of 0.32 to 0.61 mm . Previous reports have fecundity from 3157 to 32,333 eggs with an average egg diameter of 0.56 mm ( Wenner 1982 ). Fecundity was correlated to CW (R2 = 0.608, p = 0.005) ( Fig. 10 A), but egg size was not correlated with carapace width (R2 = 0.0120, p = 0.749).