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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology 257cavity; simple gland or tube.cryptic a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden] 1. Concealing; stillness; silence;death-feigning; protective coloration. 2. A form ofpolymorphism controlled by recessive genes. crypsis n.cryptic color Sematic or protective coloration, designed toblend an animal with its background. see anticrypticcolor.cryptic species A species in which the diagnostic charactersare not easily perceived and that do not hybridize undernormal conditions; a sibling species.cryptobiosis n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; bios, life] 1. Living in aconcealed or secluded environment. 2. A term used to describean organism that shows no visible signs of life, withmetabolic activity brought to a reversible standstill.cryptocephalic pupa (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Diptera, a pupalstage after the larval-pupal apolysis in which markedchanges of form appear through evagination of the headwithout molting, then proceeds to a phanerocephalic pupa.cryptocyst n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; kystis, bladder] (BRYO:Gymnolaemata) 1. One of the two basic wall morphologiesof bryozoans consisting of wholly interior walls, leaving asuperficial hypostegal coelom uniting contiguous zooids.see gymnocyst. 2. A calcareous plate that functions as ahydrostatic organ in Cheilostomata. cryptocystal a.cryptocystidean n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; kystis, bladder](BRYO) Autozooids of anascan or ascophorancheilostomates bearing frontal shields (cryptocysts) formedby calcification of the internal body walls grown into bodycavities subparallel to and beneath the frontal walls.cryptodicyclic see pseudomonocycliccryptodont shell (MOLL: Bivalvia) In some groups of early origin,refers to lack of hinge teeth. see ctenodont shell.cryptogastra a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; gaster, stomach] Havingthe venter or belly covered or concealed. see gymnogastra.cryptogene a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; genos, beginning] Of unknowndescent.