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The sexes are normally, but not always, separate in crustaceans. Most individual barnacles have both male and female reproductive organs (simultaneous hermaphroditism), and in some groups the males, when present, are much smaller than the hermaphrodites. These “dwarf” males attach themselves to the interior of the mantle cavity of the larger individuals and fertilize their eggs. Some of the members of the order Notostraca (tadpole shrimps) are also hermaphrodites; their ovaries contain scattered sperm-producing lobes among the developing eggs. A change of sex during the life of an individual is a regular feature in some shrimps. In Pandalus montagui, of ...(100 of 7175 words)