Munida constricta A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

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 : 395

Munida constricta A. Milne-Edwards, 1880

Munida constricta has been reported from Brazil, the Caribbean, and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 277 to 849 m ( Chace 1942; de Melo-Filho & de Melo 2001b). Twenty-two specimens were measured, 19 males and two females, collected in April, May, July, and December ( Fig. 8 D). No ovigerous females were available for analysis. All specimens were collected from the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in depths of 350 to 625 m. Males and females were not significantly different in size (t-test, df = 19, t = 0.927, p = 0.365).

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FIGURE 8. Number of specimens of each species collected for each month. Gray bars are males, white bars are females, and black bars are ovigerous females.