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 Munidopsis longimanus ( A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 ) Munidopsis longimanus has been reported as Elasmonotus longimanus and Munidopsis longimana (see Baba et al. 2008 ) from the Gulf of Mexico to Colombia in depths of 292 to 1281 m ( Chace 1942 ; Navas et al. 2003 ). The specimens used in this analysis were from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 360 to 1066 m . Thirty-four males (CW from 4.2 to 8.9 mm ), six non-ovigerous females (CW from 3.8 to 8.4 mm ), and 13 ovigerous females were measured (CW from 5.0 to 9.0 mm). Non-ovigerous females and females were not significantly different in size (t-test, df = 17, t = 0.541, p = 0.596); the sizes of males and females were not significantly different (t-test, df = 51, t = -1.111, p = 0.272). Females had between one and 62 eggs , and the average egg diameter ranged from 0.87 to 1.24 mm . Fecundity was significantly correlated with CW (R2 = 0.705, p = 0.005) ( Fig. 10 D); the average egg diameter was not correlated with CW (R2 = 0. 0 483, p = 0.601). Specimens were collected in all months except February and March; ovigerous specimens were found in every month but February, March, June, September, and October ( Fig. 13 B).