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
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Overview of the anatomy of a land hermit crab (Coenobita)
References:
1 Stachowitsch, 1992
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