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Gonochoric

Gonochoric

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Gonochorism.

Animals

The term gonochorism is most often used for animal species, an estimated 95% of which are gonochoric. It is very common in vertebrate species, 99% of which are gonochoric. About 98% of fishes are gonochoric. Mammals (including humans) and birds are solely gonochoric. Tardigrades are almost always gonochoric. About 75% of snails are gonochoric. Most arthropods including a majority of crustaceans are gonochoric.