Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885

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 : 405

Munidopsis crassa Smith, 1885

Munidopsis crassa has been reported from both sides of the Atlantic in depths of 2679 to 4710 m ( Smith 1886; Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1899; Bouvier 1922; Gordon 1955; Wenner 1982; Baba et al. 2008). Thirteen specimens were collected from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in March, July, and November ( Fig. 12 F) in depths of 3000 to 4553 m. Six males (CW from 4.6 to 19.4 mm) and six females were measured (CW from 5.1 to 21.2 mm); one specimen was too badly damaged to determine the sex. Males and female sizes were not significantly different (t-test, df = 10, t = -0.0212, p = 0.983). No ovigerous females were available for analysis for M. crassa .

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FIGURE 12. Number of specimens of each species collected for each month. Gray bars are males, white bars are females, and black bars are ovigerous females.