tergum
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Origin of tergum
1820–30; < Latin: the back
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The scutum overlaps either about one third or even one half of the entire width of the tergum, and abuts against a prominent longitudinal ridge on its exterior surface.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In L. Valentiana, there is a second furrow on the carinal side of the tergum, receiving the upper end of the corium-covered or growing surface of the carina.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
I may remark, that in all the species of Lepas, the upper part of the tergum seems particularly variable.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
In L. truncata and L. Valentiana, this ridge on the tergum being folded over towards the scutum, forms a conspicuous furrow, receiving the tergal margin of the latter.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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