occludent

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Valves 5; carina with a truncated and crested base; scuta with strong internal umbonal teeth; terga with the basal point truncated, almost parallel to the occludent margin.

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

The occludent margin is curved, and blends by a regular sweep into the carinal margin, so that there is no acute upper angle.

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 tergum, measured in a straight line, equals in length two thirds of the occludent segment of the scutum, the handle being rather narrower than this same segment.

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