Soft tick

Japanese: soft tick(英語表記)softtick
Soft tick

…They are divided into three families, but many species are found in the Ixodidae and Ardisia genus families. The former are called hard ticks and the latter soft ticks. All are parasitic blood-sucking ticks, and the adult ticks have a dorsoventrally flattened body and can grow from a few millimeters to 1 cm in length, and become even larger when they suck blood. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "soft tick" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…3科に大別されるが,マダニ科Ixodidaeとヒメダニ科に多くの種類を含む。前者をhard tick,後者をsoft tickと呼んでいる。すべて寄生吸血性で,親ダニは体が背腹に扁平,体長数mmから1cmにもなり,吸血するとさらに膨大する。…

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