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 ===Origin===
 {{Bulbanews|On the Origin of Species: Paras and Parasect}}
-The fungus on Parasect is identified as [[tochukaso]], an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its {{wp|insect}} host. The base insect is a deformed version of what is probably a {{wp|cicada}} {{wp|Nymph (biology)|nymph}}, the parasitic fungi having caused a form of {{wp|neoteny}}.
+Parasect may be based on a {{wp|hermit crab}} with a {{wp|mushroom}} for a shell. It also looks like a {{wp|cicada}} {{wp|Nymph (biology)|nymph}}. The fungus on its back is refered as the [[tochukaso]], which is also the japanese name of a real organism, the {{wp|Ophiocordyceps sinensis}}, an {{wp|Parasitoid|endoparasitoid}} that replaces the host tissue and can affect the behavior of its {{wp|insect}} host.
 ====Name origin====
-Parasect may be a combination of ''{{wp|parasite}}'' (referring to the [[tochukaso]] {{wp|mushroom}}) and ''{{wp|insect}}'' or ''sect'' (Latin for ''cut'').
+Parasect may be a combination of ''{{wp|parasite}}'' and ''{{wp|insect}}''.
 ==In other languages==