scuta
Americannoun
noun
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In the shape of the scuta and carina it comes nearest to S. vulgare.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Terga, as large as the scuta, flat, regularly oval, basal point blunt and rounded.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Capitulum with two tubular ear-like appendages, seated behind the rudimentary and often absent terga; scuta bilobed; carina absent, or quite rudimentary; peduncle long, distinctly separated from the capitulum.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Shape of Body, Sack, Colours, &c.—From the position of the orifice of the capitulum, the animal's body is suspended to the scuta in a more transverse direction than is usual.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The scuta have a deep pit for the adductor muscle.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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