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21 Sep 2024: The Forums have been updated to phpBB 3.3.13. I hope this rectifies the unusual activity detected several days ago.
18 Sep 2024: There has been some unusual high volume traffic to the Forums causing it to crash. I don't think the volume is actual real crabbers. As a result, I have temporarily disabled the Forums so that I can investigate this issue further.

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Gender

Females

Female hermit crabs have a pair of gonopores on their third limb pair. See Niko's photos below.
[ Submitted by Niko ] Female C. clypeatus.
[ Submitted by Niko ] Female C. clypeatus.

Males

On the other hand, males lack gonopores on their third limb pair. They have them on their fifth limb pair instead, which is not shown in the photo below.
[ Submitted by Niko ] Male C. clypeatus.
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