Egg Characteristics of Amblyraja hyperborea
 
Main Ref. Bor, P., 2002
Place of Development in sand or gravel
Shape of Egg other
Attributes with stalk
Color of Eggs
Color of Oil Globule
Additional Characters Eggs are large, oblong capsules with stiff pointed horns at the corners deposited in sandy or muddy flats (Ref. 205, 80491). Egg capsule measures 81-125 mm long and 50-80 mm wide (Ref. 41251). Mean egg capsule measures 102.5 mm in the Barents Sea (Ref. 124126). Eggs have a striated surface, posterior and anterior apron widths are similar in size, and with broad lateral keels, about 12% of maximum eggs case width. Horns taper towards tips, and the posterior horns are longer than anterior horns by about 1.5 times (Ref. 80491).
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