Abstract
The first three zoeal stages of the portunid crab <it>Macropipus tuberculatus</it> (Roux, 1830) are described and illustrated from laboratory-reared material obtained from one ovigerous crab captured in the western Mediterranean Sea. Zoeae of <it>M.tuberculatus</it> can be distinguished from other known polybiinid species from the northeastern Atlantic and Mediterranean waters by a combination of meristic and morphometric features, especially by the number of setae in the outer lobe of the maxilla endopod. Larval morphology presents additional evidence supporting the split of the genus <it>Macropipus</it> into the genera <it>Liocarcinus</it> and <it>Macropipus sensu stricto</it> based on adult characters.
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