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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

Scuta, convex, unusually thick, oblong, quadrilateral, with the occludent margin the longest; lateral margin slightly hollowed out.

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

The apex of the valve is thick and solid, and must have projected freely for a length equalling one third of the occludent margin.

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

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