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What is a gonopod?

What is a gonopod? Here are some definitions.

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  1. (zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.
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In my previous work on Pseudotremia I followed the terminology concerning gonopod structures established by Shear.
Sternites subtriangular, with longitudinal striae, 7th segment with fold ventral to gonopod aperture.
Camband crayfish have a variety of ornate terminal elements on the gonopod, while astacid crayfish have simple cylindrical distal elements.
The first pair of male legs and the gonopods were removed from the millipede and one of the telopodites was separated from the gonopod coxites.

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