occludent
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Scuta with the occludent margin either considerably curved or nearly straight.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Out of the numerous specimens, all excepting one had their scuta unequally convex, with their occludent margins unequally curved, that of the more convex valve at the umbo, curling beyond the medial line.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
Complemental Male flask-formed, with four rudimentary valves; no mouth; cirri not prehensile; attached to the occludent margin of the scutum, near the umbo.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Valves 2 to 5, minute, remote from each other: scuta with two or three lobes, with their umbones in the middle of the occludent margin: carina arched, upper and lower ends nearly alike.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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