Coenobita Gonopore

By Stacy Posted on May 31, 2015May 29, 2016 Category :

Biology

Gonpores are the openings of reproductive system to exterior. In male, pore on basal segment (coxa) of last (eighth) thoracopods; in female, pore on coxa of sixth thoracopods (third pereopods) [1]

Coenobita rugosus has been found to be intersexual

Location of gonopores in male and female Coenobita

Coenobita brevimanus male — Coenobita clypeatus male

C. clypeatus male - Photo Credit Mary Milhorn — C. clypeatus male – Photo Credit Mary Milhorn

Coenobita gonopores - Photo Credit Amber Miner — Coenobita gonopores – Photo Credit Amber Miner

C. clypeatus female - Photo Credit Mary Milhorn — C. clypeatus female – Photo Credit Mary Milhorn

Coenobita pereiopods - Photo credit - Mary Milhorn — Coenobita female – Photo credit – Mary Milhorn

Coenobita maxipellieds - Photo credit - Mary Milhorn — Coenobita male – Photo credit – Mary Milhorn

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Overview of the anatomy of a land hermit crab (Coenobita)

References:
1 Stachowitsch, 1992

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Coenobita Gonopore

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