Munidopsis bermudezi Chace, 1939

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 bermudezi Chace, 1939

Munidopsis bermudezi has been reported from the Caribbean to the Middle Atlantic Bight in depths of 2434 to 4064 m ( Chace 1942; Wenner 1982; Gore 1983). Five specimens were in the collections: two males (CW between 15.0 mm and 19.4 mm), two non-ovigerous females and one ovigerous female (CW from 15.4 to 22.1 mm). These specimens were from the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico in depths of 3200 to 3541 m and were collected in July and November. Fecundity of 75 eggs on a 27.0 mm (CW) specimen, with average egg size of 2.5 mm has been reported ( Chace 1942).