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 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

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

Scuta, with the occludent margin rounded and protuberant to a variable degree, but always leaving a rather wide space between the margin, and the ridge which runs from the umbo to the apex; apex pointed.

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