Ecological notes. Intertidal on sandy-muddy bottoms under rocks (Poupin 1994; Souza 1999); burrows in marshy marine areas near high tide, also among rocks and dead seaweed, and rocky reefs (Rathbun 1918). Cyclograpsus integer (Fig. 53 A – E) shelters under rocks or under mounds of algae during daylight hours (Hartnoll 1965). The larval development is attained after five, often six zoeal stages in laboratory conditions (Gore & Scotto 1982). The temperature affects both duration and larval development. The megalopal stage is attained in 26 to 27 days from the zoeal stage V and 31 to 32 days from the zoeal stage VI (at 25 ° C), while at 20 ° C the megalopal stage is attained in 53 to 55 days from zoeal stage VI.
Sumber: Brachyuran crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda) from the remote oceanic Archipelago Trindade and Martin Vaz, South Atlantic Ocean