occludent
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In very young specimens the basal segment is very small compared to the occludent.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The occludent margin is straight, and is bordered by a narrow step or ledge, formed of transverse growth-ridges, and therefore has its edge serrated: the rostral angle is often slightly produced into a small projection.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
Valves 5, approximate; scuta with their umbones in the middle of the occludent margin; carina rectangularly bent, extending up between the terga, with the basal end simply concave.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The primordial valve is situated at this point, but chiefly on the occludent segment.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
The spike and cutting edge together answer to the double occludent margin of the tergum in Lepas.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
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