COXAL GLANDS

1. (ARTHROPODA: Chelicerata)

The excretory organs of arachnids; in Araneae, located opposite the coxae of the first and third legs, that function in collecting wastes into a saccule and discharging them through tubes opening behind the coxae.

2. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta)

Variously modified eversible glandular structures at the base of the legs.

3. (ONYCHOPHORA)

The nephridia of Peripatus.