compartment(al) plate

compartment(al) plate
In sessile cirripeds (Verrucomorpha, Balanomorpha), rigid articulate skeletal element (valve) forming part of shell wall. (Syn. mural plate) [Moore and McCormick, 1969].
One of several rigidly articulated plates forming wall in sessile cirripeds [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Subclass Cirripedia):
In unstalked barnacle, one of up to eight overlapping/articulating plates forming wall which encircles body. May include form anterior to posterior end: single rostrum, paired rostrolaterals, laterals, carinolaterals, single carina, and in asymmetrical form, also fixed scutum and fixed tergum. (Syn. compartmental plate, mural plate) [Stachowitsch, 1992].

Crustacea glossary. . 2011.

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