occludent

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The occludent segment is bluntly pointed; it is directed a little inwards from the edge of the orifice towards the terga; the apex reaches up just above the slightly reflexed lower point of the terga.

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

In the upper part, the occludent segments leave the membranous margin of the orifice, and run in near to the terga, bending towards them at an angle of 45� with their lower part.

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

Terga like a battle-axe, with the edge crenated and a spike behind; the handle narrower than the occludent segment of the scuta.

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

A transparent layer of chitine, which forms a border to the occludent margin of the scutum of the hermaphrodite.

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

Scuta, with the basal segment narrower than the occludent segment, and about half as long as it.

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