occludent

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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

The males are placed with their orifices in a little notch in the occludent margin, and their prehensile antenn� at the further end.

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

There is a fold on the occludent margin.

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

Scuta with a prominent ridge extending, from the umbo to the apex, close to the occludent margin; fork of the carina with the prongs diverging at an angle of from 135� to 180�.

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