The study of Chasmagnathus granulata Dana 1851 was done with the setae morphology point of view. The main objective of this description was to find differents kinds of morphologicals types of setae. During this work anomalous structures were found in megalopal phase, such as: many kinds of rostral and lateral spines, as well as many kinds of spines on the telson and one kind of dorsal spine which never was cited before in the literature concerning to this specie.
Crustacea; Decapoda; Grapsidae; larval development; morphology