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

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

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

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

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