Variant form relating to anatomical folds or cavities in deep-water organisms.
Greek bathos 'depth' + kolpos 'fold' + -ic suffix. Variant of bathukolpian using the -ic ending common in scientific nomenclature.
When scientists describe creatures from the midnight zone of the ocean, they sometimes use these technical terms to describe body structures that look strange to us but are perfectly suited to extreme depths!
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