Reproductive Data for Echinoecus pentagonus (Edwards)

egg diameter	-
reproductive season	-
development	indirect (hatch as zoea), 3 zoeal and 1 megalopa stages
occurrence	in rectum and peristome of sea urchin Echinothrix calamaris which live on coral and ledges around Hawaii, e.g., Kaneohe Bay
references	P. Castro in Symbiosis between Echinoecus Pentagonus (Crustacea, Brachyura) and its host in Hawaii, Echinothrix calamaris (Echinoidea), 1969

Phylogenetic Information

phylum	Arthropoda (sub-phylum Crustacea)
class	Malacostraca
order	Decapoda
family	Eumedonidae
genus	Echinoecus
species	pentagonus (Edwards)
reproduction method	ovivorous