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Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology: Complete Work - Best Text

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<strong>Online</strong> <strong>Dictionary</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Invertebrate</strong> <strong>Zoology</strong> 259Insecta) Pertaining to caterpillars that use volatile secretionsthat are released through an emission tube. see erucism,paraerucism, phanerotoxic, lepidopterism.Cryptozoa n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; zoon, animal] An ecologicalgroup <strong>of</strong> cryptozoic terrestrial animals living in leaf litter,under twigs and pieces <strong>of</strong> bark and stone.cryptozoic a. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; zoon, animal] Living inconcealment.cryptozoite n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; zoon, animal] A stage <strong>of</strong>the malarial organism arising from the injected sporozoitethat is found living in tissues before entering the blood; apreerythrocytic schizont <strong>of</strong> Plasmodium spp.cryptozone n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; zone, girdle] (ECHINOD:Asteroidea) The marginal plates <strong>of</strong> starfish that are notclearly distinct.Cryptozoology n. [Gr. kryptos, hidden; zoon, animal; logos,discourse] The study <strong>of</strong> the Cryptozoa.crystal cell 1. (ARTHRO: Insecta) In Drosophila larvae, a type<strong>of</strong> hemocyte (possibly an oenocytoid) that contains tyrosinase.2. (ECHINOD) Coelomocytes containing rhomboidcrystals.crystalline a. [Gr. krystallos, rock crystal] Appearing transparentlike crystal.crystalline body see crystalline conecrystalline cone (ARTHRO: Insecta) The hard, clear intracellularstructure <strong>of</strong> the eucone eye, produced by Semper cellsbeneath the cornea and bordered laterally by the primarypigment cells; also known as vitreous body or crystallinebody. see acone eye, pseudocone eye, eucone eye,exocone eye.crystalline style (MOLL: Gastropoda/Bivalvia) A translucentcylindrical rod in the style sac <strong>of</strong> the stomach, whirled onits axis by ciliary movement, releasing carbohydrate digestingenzymes.crystalline tract (ARTHRO: Insecta) 1. In beetles with exoconeeyes, a strand formed by the Semper cells across the clearzone to the rhabdon. 2. In skipper butterflies and some

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