clasper

Japanese: clasper
clasper

… In cartilaginous fishes, which are ovoviviparous and have internal fertilization, there are pelvic fins on both sides of the anus (the external opening of the cloaca), but in males, one of the fin rays on the inner edge of the pelvic fins becomes huge and becomes a pair of rod-like bodies with a cartilaginous central axis. When mating, the rod-like body is inserted into the female's cloaca, and is called the pterygopodium or clasper. The surface of the pterygopodium has a deep groove that guides the sperm from the cloaca to the female's uterus. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… 体内受精を行い,卵胎生である軟骨魚類では肛門(総排出腔の外口)の両側に腹びれがあるが,雄ではその腹びれの内側縁の1本の鰭条(きじよう)が巨大化し,軟骨性の中軸を備えた左右1対の棒状体になっている。交尾するときこの棒状体を雌の総排出腔へ差しこむので,これを鰭脚(ひれあし)pterygopodiumまたは交尾器clasperという。この交尾器の表面には深い溝があり,総排出腔から出た精子がそれによって雌の子宮へ導かれる。…

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