- primordial plate
- (Subclass Cirripedia):One of typically five more rigid, plate-like elements under shell of cypris larva. (Syn. primordial valve) [Stachowitsch, 1992].
Crustacea glossary. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. 2011.
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