occludent

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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

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

In conformity with the shape of the cavity, the orifice or notch in the occludent margin of the scutum, is situated at the point where the preparatory furrow sweeps round and enters.

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

There is a fold on the occludent margin.

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