occludent

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The occludent segments of the scuta, and nearly the whole of the terga, and the whole of the carina, enveloped in lemon-yellow membrane, tinged with orange, but the specimen had long been kept dry.

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

Scuta, convex, unusually thick, oblong, quadrilateral, with the occludent margin the longest; lateral margin slightly hollowed out.

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

Mr. Stutchbury's collection, there was a specimen, with the scuta, broad, smooth, thin, and fragile, without any ridge running from the umbo to the apex, and with the occludent margin reflexed.

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

There are two occludent margins, meeting each other at right angles, and forming a prominence, as in Lepas; and this gives to the margin of the valve the five prominences.

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