occludent
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The occludent segment is narrowly bow-shaped, pointed at both ends, with the upper end projecting slightly beyond the apex of the lateral segment, and with the occludent margin regularly curved from end to end.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Scuta highly convex, broadly oval, apex broad rounded; basal margin narrow, much curved; no internal, umbonal teeth; basal internal rim strong, running up part of the occludent margin.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
General Appearance.—Capitulum more or less elongated relatively to its breadth; in two specimens, with scuta of equal width, one was longer than the other by the whole of the occludent margin of the terga.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
There is a fold on the occludent margin.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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