laminarian, a.
(læmɪˈnɛərɪən)
[f. mod.L. Laminaria name of a genus of seaweeds (see quot. 1883), f. L. lāmina thin plate.]
laminarian zone: the zone of the sea, extending from low-water mark to a depth of ninety feet, in which seaweeds of the genus Laminaria are found.
| 1851–6 Woodward Mollusca 149 The key-hole limpets..chiefly inhabit the laminarian zone. 1883 Good Words Aug. 530/1 Below the littoral we come upon the great laminarian zone, the region of waving laminaria, or sea-tangle. |