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Pleopod vs Gonopod - What's the difference?

pleopod | gonopod |

In zoology terms the difference between pleopod and gonopod

is that pleopod is one of the abdominal legs of a crustacean while gonopod is a pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.

pleopod

English

Alternative forms

* pleiopod, pleiopus, pleopus

Noun

(en-noun)
  • (zoology) One of the abdominal legs of a crustacean.
    • In decapods such as lobsters, pleopods are legs mainly used for swimming but sometimes used for brooding eggs or catching food. In some species certain pleopods of an animal may have been adapted to special functions such as reproduction.

    gonopod

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A pleopod that is specialized for fertilisation in the males of some decapods.