Munidopsis glabra Pequegnat & Williams, 1995

Kilgour, Morgan J. & Shirley, Thomas C., 2014, Reproductive biology of galatheoid and chirostyloid (Crustacea: Decapoda) squat lobsters from the Gulf of Mexico, Zootaxa 3754 (4), pp. 381-419 : 406

Munidopsis glabra Pequegnat & Williams, 1995

Munidopsis glabra has been reported only from the northern Gulf of Mexico in depths of 510 to 622 m ( Pequegnat & Williams 1995). Five specimens from the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 510 to 622 m were in the collections: three males (CW from 10.6 to 11.8 mm) and two ovigerous females; only one ovigerous female was measured (CW = 10.9 mm, 10 eggs, average egg diameter 1.33 mm). All specimens were collected in July and August ( Fig. 13 A).

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FIGURE 13. Number of specimens of each species collected for each month. Gray bars are males, white bars are females, and black bars are ovigerous females.