Definitions
Gonads
- Hollow reproductive organ in either sex, cavity communicating with pair of efferent ducts (pair in some parasitic isopods). [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- Organs producing gametes (ovaries in female; testes in male). [Ingle, 1983]
- Reproductive organ of either sex, communicating with pair of efferent ducts. [McLaughlin, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Notostraca) Paired male (testes) and/or female (ovaries) reproductive system. Extends through thorax and part of abdomen and opens onto last (11th) thoracopods. In hermaphroditic tadpole shrimp, gonads consist of both ovarian and testicular tissue (ovotestis). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Diplostraca) Paired male (testes) or female (ovaries) reproductive system. Extends throughout trunk and opens onto 11th trunk somite via vasa deferentia (male) or oviducts (female). [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Cumacea) Ovary, testis. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Decapoda) Ovary, testis. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Leptostraca) Ovary, testis. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) Ovary, testis. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Copepoda) Ovary, testis. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
- (Taxon-specific: Order Euphausiacea) Ovary, testis. [Stachowitsch, 1992]