occludent

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In conformity with the shape of the cavity, the orifice or notch in the occludent margin of the scutum, is situated at the point where the preparatory furrow sweeps round and enters.

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

A transparent layer of chitine, which forms a border to the occludent margin of the scutum of the hermaphrodite.

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

Terga, flat, oblong, nearly rectangular; occludent margin straight; basal angle, truncated, almost parallel to the occludent margin; in width, three or four times as wide as the carina.

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

Scuta, with the basal segment twice as wide as the occludent segment; terga, with the lower part slightly wider than the occludent segment of the scuta.

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