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sexual tentacles
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Name of marine animal
I'm translating a company brochure which handles seafood, but cannot find the term "sexual tentacles" on Google. All I can find is about sexual preference such as this one "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tentacle_erotica" which I know has nothing to do with seafood. Any idea what this term means?
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Hectocotylus/copulatory arms (?)
octopuses and squids have special tentacles that serve reproductive functions. These tentacles are called "hectocotylized arms" or "copulatory arms." In males of these species, one of the tentacles is modified and used to transfer sperm to the female during the act of reproduction.
The term "sexual tentacles" is not a commonly used zoological term in the context of marine animals. It is possible that it is a specific term or description used within the seafood industry or by the company whose brochure you are translating.
The term "sexual tentacles" is not a commonly used zoological term in the context of marine animals. It is possible that it is a specific term or description used within the seafood industry or by the company whose brochure you are translating.
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Rasha Ellithy
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Erzsébet Czopyk
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Sofia Gutkin
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Rasha Ellithy
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Giant Squid Sexual tentacles
I think this refers to sexual tentacles of the Giant Squid.
Please read the following:
"According to Goldstein: During mating, the male's sperm-delivery tentacle grabs a package of sperm, called a spermatophore, from under his mantle, the hatlike covering over the pointed end of the squid. He slips his tentacle under the female's mantle and deposits the spermatophore next to her oviduct."
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/everything-you...
Also, please see the following links:
https://m.alibaba.com/product/60578866623/Giant-Squid-Sexual...
https://www.perumarketplace.com/frnt/prod/product-detail/gia...
As far as I understood, these are the tentacles that the male Gisnt Squid uses to deliver its sperms to the female Gisnt Squid.
I hope you find this helpful.
Please read the following:
"According to Goldstein: During mating, the male's sperm-delivery tentacle grabs a package of sperm, called a spermatophore, from under his mantle, the hatlike covering over the pointed end of the squid. He slips his tentacle under the female's mantle and deposits the spermatophore next to her oviduct."
https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/everything-you...
Also, please see the following links:
https://m.alibaba.com/product/60578866623/Giant-Squid-Sexual...
https://www.perumarketplace.com/frnt/prod/product-detail/gia...
As far as I understood, these are the tentacles that the male Gisnt Squid uses to deliver its sperms to the female Gisnt Squid.
I hope you find this helpful.
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Reference:
交接腕 （こうせつわん、ヘクトコチルス、hectocotylus, hectocotylized arm）
交接腕
詳細は「交接腕」を参照
交接腕 （こうせつわん、ヘクトコチルス、hectocotylus, hectocotylized arm）は雄が持つ、雌に精包およびその中の精子を渡すために変形した腕である[16]。化茎腕や生殖腕とも呼ばれる[16]。成熟とともに一定の腕が交接腕に変形する現象を化茎現象（かけいげんしょう、hectocotylization）[16]または交接腕化という。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/頭足類の体
詳細は「交接腕」を参照
交接腕 （こうせつわん、ヘクトコチルス、hectocotylus, hectocotylized arm）は雄が持つ、雌に精包およびその中の精子を渡すために変形した腕である[16]。化茎腕や生殖腕とも呼ばれる[16]。成熟とともに一定の腕が交接腕に変形する現象を化茎現象（かけいげんしょう、hectocotylization）[16]または交接腕化という。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/頭足類の体
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