Crustacea glossary

UPPER LATUS

(Subclass Cirripedia):
Barnacle plate: paired plates (latera) in stalked form, one on each side of capitulum between scutum and tergum or carina [Stachowitsch, 1992].

  1. upper latus—ARTHROPODA Crustacea In Lepadomorph barnacles the plate in the upper whorl between the scutum and tergum or carina....Dictionary of invertebrate zoology