Galathea rostrata Reproductive biology of galatheoid and chirostyloid (Crustacea: Decapoda) squat lobsters from the Gulf of Mexico Kilgour, Morgan J. Shirley, Thomas C. Zootaxa 2014 3754 4 381 419 7fc5b492-4083-4ac7-9ef3-2f18cf1f42c0 A. Milne-Edwards, 1880 A. Milne-Edwards 1880 [151,675,1604,1630] Malacostraca Galatheidae Galathea Animalia Decapoda 8 389 Arthropoda species rostrata    Galathea rostratahas been reported throughout the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexicoto North Carolina in depths of 22 to 92 m( Milne-Edwards 1880; Milne-Edwards & Bouvier 1897; Haig 1956; Baba et al.2008). The specimens used in this analysis were from the Gulf of Mexicoand off the coast of Florida in depths of 30 to 100 m( Fig. 5). Specimens were collected in every month except December ( Fig. 6). A total of 274 specimenswas in collections with 145 males, 65 ovigerous females, and 64 non-ovigerous females; only 104 males, 42 ovigerous, and 41 non-ovigerous females were measured. Male carapace width ranged from 1.3 to 5.8 mm. Non-ovigerous female CW ranged from 1.3 to 4.8 mm. Ovigerous female CW ranged from 1.9 to 5.4 mm. The average egg diameter for each female ranged from 0.22 to 0.48 mm, and the number of eggs ranged from one to 204. Males and females did not vary significantly in size (t-test, df =185, t =0.825, p =0.411), but ovigerous females were larger than non-ovigerous females (t-test, df =81, t =-2.382, p =0.020). Fecundity was not significantly correlated with the size of the ovigerous females (R2 =0.264, p =0.082) nor was the average egg diameter correlated with size (R2 =0.130, p =0.092).