occludent

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Terga, large, flat, triangular; carinal margin slightly hollowed out; occludent margin slightly arched, with a small portion protuberant to a variable amount.

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

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

In very young specimens the basal segment is very small compared to the occludent.

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

There are two occludent margins, meeting each other at right angles, and forming a prominence, as in Lepas; and this gives to the margin of the valve the five prominences.

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