Crepidacantha

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Translingual

Crepidacantha crinispina.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρηπῐ́ς (krēpĭ́s, half-boot, foundation, crepida) +‎ Ancient Greek ᾰ̓́κᾰνθᾰ (ắkănthă, thorny plant).

Coined by Danish zoologist Georg Marius Reinald Levinsen in 1909.

Proper noun

Crepidacantha f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Crepidacanthidae – certain bryozoans.

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