Cryptozonia

plural noun

Cryp·​to·​zo·​nia

-ōnēə

in some classifications

: a division of starfishes having the marginal plates inconspicuous and being nearly equal to the orders Spinulosa and Forcipulata combined

—opposed to Phanerozonia

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from crypt- + Greek zōnē girdle + New Latin -ia

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