Gender
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emmac350
- Coenobita
- Posts: 1949
- Joined: 22 Sep 2008, 08:08
- Gender: Female
- Hermit crabs: 6
- Total gallons: 40
- Total tanks: 2
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Re: Gender
Females have gonopores (small dots) on the walking leg closest to their shells on the underside of their bodies. Males do not. For pictures, see the gender ID section of our gallery.
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Rack, 23 Sep 08; Benny, 23 Sep 08; Slightly, 3 Jan 09; Nibs, 3 Jan 09; Curly, 3 Jan 09; Spaz, 5 Jul 09
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LINEMAN99
- Zygote
- Posts: 7
- Joined: 07 Sep 2008, 02:04
- Gender: Male
- Hermit crabs: 5
- Total gallons: 15
- Total tanks: 3
Re: Gender
thanks i found that at least three of my crabs are females
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Wai
- Administrator
- Posts: 2907
- Joined: 01 Nov 2004, 14:12
- Gender: Male
- Hermit crabs: 6
- Total gallons: 45
- Total tanks: 1
- Location: Victoria, Australia
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Re: Gender
Actually, both males and females have gonopores, but males have them on their second pair of mini legs (located deep inside the shell), while females have them on their second pair of walking legs (the larger of the two pairs used for walking).emmac350 wrote:Females have gonopores (small dots) on the walking leg closest to their shells on the underside of their bodies. Males do not.
The easiest way to identify the gender of your hermit crab is to check whether it has gonopores on its second pair of legs. If it does, then it is female, otherwise, it is male.
Wai
