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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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258Maggenti and Gardnercryptogram n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; gramma, written character]Method that expresses in a standard code form a collection<strong>of</strong> data used in classification.cryptogyne n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; gyne, female] (ARTHRO:Insecta) In ants, having queens that are indistinguishablefrom the workers.cryptomphalous a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; omphalos, navel](MOLL: Gastropoda) Having the opening <strong>of</strong> the umbilicus <strong>of</strong>a shell completely plugged.cryptonephridial tubes Malpighian tubules with distal endsclosely associated with the rectum and forming a convolutedlayer over its surface.cryptoneurous a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; neuron, nerve] Havingno distinct nervous system.cryptoniscus n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; oniskos, sowbug] (AR-THRO: Crustacea) An intermediate, planktonic larval stage<strong>of</strong> epicaridean isopods with pereopods modified as holdfasts,that is seeking a permanent host; stage afterepicaridium.cryptopentamera a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; pente, five; meros,part] Pertaining to 5-jointed feet, with the 4th joint smalland inconspicuous. see cryptotetramera.cryptopleuron a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; pleuron, rib] (ARTHRO:Insecta) A condition in which the pronotum covers a largepart <strong>of</strong> the propleuron.cryptorhesis n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; rheos, flow] The process<strong>of</strong> internal secretion.cryptosolenial a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; solen, channel] (AR-THRO: Insecta) In certain Coleoptera, the area <strong>of</strong> attachment<strong>of</strong> the Malpighian tubules with the hind-gut.cryptotetramera a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; tetra, four; meros,part] Pertaining to 4-jointed feet with one joint small andinconspicuous. see cryptopentamera.cryptothorax n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; thorax, breastplate](ARTHRO: Insecta) An assumed thoracic ring between themeso- and metathorax.cryptotoxic a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; toxikon, poison] (ARTHRO:

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