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 armata ( A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 ) Munidopsis armata has previously been reported as Elasmonotus armata (see Baba et al. 2008 ) and is known from specimens collected in the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 677 to 1144 m ( Milne-Edwards 1880 ; Chace 1942 ). Specimens were collected in July and December from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 625 to 1280 m . Three males were measured with CW from 8.1 to 9.1 mm . Six non-ovigerous females were measured with CW from 4.8 to 8.6 mm . Five ovigerous females were measured with a CW range of 7.7 to 9.8 mm . Males and females were not significantly different in size (t-test, df = 12, t = -1.140, p = 0.277); nonovigerous and ovigerous females did not significantly differ in size (t-test, df = 9, t = -1.864, p = 0.095). Ovigerous females were collected in July and August, but since these were the only two months collected material was available ( Fig. 12 E), no conclusions of reproductive timing could be made. Females had between four and eight eggs with the average egg diameters between 1.39 mm and 1.53 mm . Fecundity was not significantly correlated with CW (R2 = 0.75, p = 0.333). Average egg width was not correlated with CW (R2 = 0.0274, p = 0.894).