parasitic castration

Japanese: parasitic castration(英語表記)parasiticcastration
parasitic castration

…In the old days, a castrated male horse was called a gelding and a bull was called an enushi.
[Parasitic castration]
Parasitism causes changes in the host's reproductive glands and secondary sexual characteristics, but the degree of change varies, and in many cases the term castration is inappropriate in the true sense of the word. The best known are sacculina castration, which occurs when parasites of the crustacean and long parasites (Cirripedia) parasitize the abdomen of crabs and hermit crabs (Decapoda), and epicalida castration, which occurs when shrimp parasites and crab parasites (Isopoda) parasitize the gills and abdomen of shrimp and crabs (Decapoda).

*Some of the terminology that refers to "parasitic castration" is listed below.

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Japanese:

…なお,古くは去勢された雄ウマを騸(せん),雄ウシを閹(えん)牛と呼んだ。【正田 陽一】
[寄生去勢parasitic castration]
 寄生によって宿主の生殖腺や二次性徴に変化を生じることであるが,その変化の程度はいろいろで,真の意味での去勢の語がむしろ不適当な場合も多い。最もよく知られているのはフクロムシやナガフクロムシ類(甲殻綱蔓脚(まんきやく)類)がカニやヤドカリ類(甲殻綱十脚類)の腹部に寄生して起こるサッキュリナ去勢と,エビヤドリムシやカニヤドリムシ類(甲殻綱等脚類)がエビやカニ類(甲殻綱十脚類)のえらや腹部に寄生して起こるエピカリダ去勢である。…

※「parasitic castration」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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