primary plate

primary plate
(Subclass Cirripedia):
One of five principal plates on outer surface of body. Includes single carina as well as paired scuta and terga (and occasionally single rostrum). (See also secondary plate) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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