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 iris A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 Munida iris has been reported from Brazil to the Middle Atlantic Bight in depths of 45 to 932 m (Milne- Edwards 1880 ; Wenner 1982 ; de Melo-Filho 2006 ). All specimens used in our study were collected in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in depths of 68 to 531 m . This species was collected in every month except October; ovigerous females were collected in every month except September and October ( Fig. 8 H). Only 16 males were measured and CW ranged from 6.8 to 20.8 mm ; males and females were not significantly different in size (t-test, df = 22, t = 1.025, p = 0.317). One non-ovigerous female measured with a CW of 13 mm ; seven ovigerous females had CW of 12.5 to 22.0 mm. Neither fecundity (R2 = 0.017, p = 0.834) nor average egg size was significantly correlated with CW (R2 = 0.155, p = 0.382).