Definitions
Paries
- Median triangular part of cirriped compartment plate, with lower edge attached to basis and adjoined laterally by margins of carinal tectum. [Moore and McCormick, 1969]
- Median triangular part of each compartmental plate in sessile barnacles.
(pl. parietes) [McLaughlin, 1980] - (Taxon-specific: Subclass Cirripedia) Barnacle plate feature: in unstalked form, median triangular part of each compartmental plate. Bears alae and/or radii laterally. [Stachowitsch, 1992]
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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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21 Nov 2024. URL: https://research.nhm.org/glossary