occludent

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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 Darwin, Charles

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 Darwin, Charles

Terga, triangular, flat; occludent margin, very slightly arched.

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

Terga with the lower part twice as wide as the occludent segment of the scuta.

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

Terga.—These are of a singular shape; they are about three-fourths as long as the occludent segment of the scuta, and in their widest part, of greater width than it.

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