Since the euryhaline rotifer Brachionus plicatilis is widely used as a food organisim in aquaculture, a lot of information concerning the biology of this species has been accumulated, but no information is available on the developmental stages of the amictic eggs. In the present work, some observations were made on the development of the parthenogenetic or amictic eggs of B. plicatilis reared under a constant environmental conditions (temperature: 25°C, salinity: 25%, photoperiod: 12D-12L, food: Chlorella sp.). The average time for development is ca. 20h. Based on the morphological characteristics of embryos, the process of the development is classified into 19 stages, each of which is pictured, figured and described. The pattern of early cleavage in B. plicatilis is similar to the previous descriptions in other rotifers.