occludent

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Terga.—These are of a singular shape; they are about three-fourths as long as the occludent segment of the scuta, and in their widest part, of greater width than it.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Terga, flat, oblong, nearly rectangular; occludent margin straight; basal angle, truncated, almost parallel to the occludent margin; in width, three or four times as wide as the carina.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The scuta are either equally or very unequally convex; in the latter case, the occludent margin of one valve is curled, so that its umbo is not quite medial.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

Scuta with a prominent ridge extending, from the umbo to the apex, close to the occludent margin; fork of the carina with the prongs diverging at an angle of from 135� to 180�.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

The two occludent margins, generally meet each other at about right angles, forming a small triangular projection; in L. fascicularis, however, the occludent margin is formed by a single, slightly curved line.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles