Definitions
Aperture
- Posteroventral opening into cirriped mantle cavity. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) (Figure only.) [Anderson, 1980]Lepas anatifera: rostral view; and left valve and cirri removed. [Anderson, 1980]
- (Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) In barnacle, opening through which thoracic appendages (cirri) are protruded. In stalked barnacle, bordered on each side by scutum and tergum; bordered in unstalked barnacle by operculum (paired scuta and terga in symmetrical forms, single scutum and tergum in asymmetrical forms). (See also occludent margin).
(syn. orifice) [Stachowitsch, 1992] - (Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) Posteroventral opening into mantle cavity. [McLaughlin, 1980]
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Martin, J.W., N.D. Pentcheff, D. Striley, C. Perrodin, A.R. Wall, J. Wall, and J. Zieba (editors).
Crustacea Glossary. Crustacea Department, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
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