complemental

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Out of these seven specimens, only three appeared to have had parasites attached to them, and these I infer, from reasons to be more fully given at the end of the genus, are Complemental Males.

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

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 Darwin, Charles

Complemental male, attached externally between the scuta, below the adductor muscle; pedunculated; capitulum formed of six valves, with the carina not descending much below the basal angles of the terga: mouth and cirri prehensile.

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

This fold is of high interest as giving lodgment to the Complemental Males, and will hereafter often be referred to.

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

Complemental Male, attached between the mouth and adductor scutorum muscle; pedunculated; capitulum bearing a pair of elongated scuta and a rudimentary carina; mouth and cirri prehensile.

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