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 Uroptychus minutus Benedict, 1902 Uroptychus minutus was collected in the Gulf of Mexico , although the type specimen is from Trinidad at 134 m ( Benedict 1902 ). A total of 19 specimens was measured from the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 46 to 81 m ( Fig. 2 ): seven females, four ovigerous females, and eight males; one ovigerous female was not measured. Specimens were only collected in May and June; ovigerous females were collected in both months ( Fig. 3 C). Males CW ranged from 2.3 to 4.7 mm . Non-ovigerous females had CW of 2.1 to 3.5 mm ; ovigerous females had CW of 3.4 to 3.8 mm . Ovigerous females and non-ovigerous females were not significantly different in size (t-test, df = 8, t = 1.823, p = 0.106). Males and females were not significantly different in size either (t-test, df = 15, t = 0.579, p = 0.571). No significant correlation existed between fecundity and the size of the ovigerous female (R2 = 0.324, p = 0.655). Ovigerous females had between one and eight eggs, and the average egg diameter for each female was between 1 mm and 1.4 mm . However, the sample size was not large enough to make definitive statements about this species.