Gametes are shed into the coelom and carried outside the body through the nephridia or as a result of the body wall actually rupturing. |
Portion of segmental organ of 4th and 5th legs, corresponding to vesicle of the other nephridia. |
Note the delicate membranous dark-colored sac on the floor of the pericardium, the kidneys or nephridia. |
Torsion in gastropods has the unfortunate result that wastes are expelled from the gut and nephridia near the gills. |
The organs they produce include segmental muscles, nephridia, gonads and gonoducts. |
The function of the nephridia is to carry off waste matter from the fluid which fills the body-cavity. |