Six naupliar and five copepodid stages excluding the adult of Labidoceru rotunda Mori (Copepoda: Calanoida) are described and illustrated based on specimens cultured in the laboratory (NI-NII) and collected from the central part of the Inland Sea of Japan (NIII-CV). Naupliar stages of this species are much alike as compared to most of the previously described Labidocera nauplii. Copepodid stages are similar to those of the congener of the same species group, L. pectinata Thompson & Scott, with slight differences in appendage setation and spinulation. From observations on mouthparts and gut contents, nauplii of this species appear to start feeding from NII possibly on small flagellates.