Crustacea glossary

FREE MARGIN

free margin: translation

(Class Ostracoda):
All parts of margin except hingement [McLaughlin, 1980].
(Class Ostracoda):
Margin [Stachowitsch, 1992].
(Class Ostracoda):
The perimeter of the valves (exclusive of the hinge region) where valves are in contact [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press].

  1. free margin—free margin translation ARTHROPODA Crustacea All parts of an ostracod shell margin except hingement....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology