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 stimpsoni A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 Munida stimpsoni has been reported in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in depths of 252 to 897 m (Milne- Edwards 1880 ; Benedict 1901 ; Chace 1942 ). All specimens measured were collected in July in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 200 to 530 m ( Fig. 9 G). Sixteen males were measured, 18 non-ovigerous females, and 31 ovigerous females; male CW ranged from 8.7 to 14.1 mm , female CW ranged from 10 to 13.3 mm , and ovigerous female CW ranged from 10 to 14.4 mm . Males and females were not significantly different in size (t-test, df = 63, t = -1.535, p = 0.130) nor were ovigerous females and non-ovigerous females (t-test, df = 45, t = -0.407, p = 0.686). Females carried between 560 and 3595 eggs with an average egg diameter between 0.35 mm and 0.53 mm . Fecundity was not correlated with CW (R2 = 0.113, p = 0.065) nor was average egg size correlated to CW (R2 = 0.0548, p = 0.205).