The gonopore, a component of the copulatory apparatus, is an opening located on the ventral side of the animal posterior to the pharynx. The gonopore is the sole point of exit and entry for the reproductive system, allowing from reciprocal exchange of sperm during copulation and egg capsule laying. [ ]
The gonopore, a component of the copulatory apparatus, is an opening located on the ventral side of the animal posterior to the pharynx. The gonopore is the sole point of exit and entry for the reproductive system, allowing from reciprocal exchange of sperm during copulation and egg capsule laying. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22074376 ]
Synonyms: genital pore common gonopore
Term information
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Term relations
- pore
- contained in some posterior compartment of the whole animal
- obsolete specific_to some Smed sexual biotype
- contained in some ventral region of the whole animal
- existence overlaps some adult hermaphrodite
- part of some copulatory apparatus
- contained in some copulatory region
- existence starts during or after some juvenile
- existence overlaps some juvenile