occludent

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The umbo is situated in the middle of the occludent margin, instead of at the rostral angle, as in the foregoing genera.

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

Scuta, with the basal segment narrower than the occludent segment, and about half as long as it.

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

The basal margin of the lateral segment is narrow, inflected, and blends with the carino-tergal margin; it has an internal, prominent, basal rim, and towards the occludent margin a large, prominent, internal tooth.

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

Mr. Stutchbury's collection, there was a specimen, with the scuta, broad, smooth, thin, and fragile, without any ridge running from the umbo to the apex, and with the occludent margin reflexed.

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