This paper describes the first nine juvenile stages of Cyrtograpsus angulatus Dana, 1851 obtained in laboratory conditions from three ovigerous females collected at "Molhes da Barra", Rio Grande, Brazil (32ºS and 52ºW). The main morphological features, the secondary sexual characters and the gills ontogeny were observed. Twenty one individuals reached until the ninth juvenile stage. Sexual dimorphism can be verified from the fourth juvenile stage and the number of gills are complete at the second juvenile stage.
Crustacea; Brachyura; Grapsidae; development; juvenile