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 forceps A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 Munida forceps has been reported in depths of 73 to 950 m from Brazil throughout the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico to Virginia, and the Middle Atlantic Bight ( Milne-Edwards 1880 ; Laird et al. 1976 ; Wenner 1982 ; de Melo-Filho & De Melo 2001b ). The specimens that were measured were collected in every month except January ( Fig. 8 G) and were collected throughout the published range in depths of 40 to 508 m . A total of 121 males was measured with CW ranging from 3.2 to 18.1 mm ; males were not significantly larger than females (t-test, df = 223, t = 0.489, p = 0.625). Ovigerous females were collected in every month except January, May, September, October, and November ( Fig. 8 G). Seventy-two ovigerous females (CW from 4.6 mm to 12.7 mm ) and 42 non-ovigerous females (CW from 4.2 to 14.9 mm ) were measured; non-ovigerous females were not different in size from ovigerous females (t-test, df = 111, t = -0.226, p = 0.822). Fecundity was related to CW (R2 = 0.495, p<0.001) ( Fig. 4 D), but average egg diameter was not related to CW (R2 = 0.006, p = 0.521). Females had between 11 and 1183 eggs with the average egg diameter of each female ranging between 0.40 mm and 0.58 mm .