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Location North of Cape Verde Islands at 17°24'N, 22°57'W
Comments Identification based on size of eggs and equal length of arms of embryos and their capture in a pelagic trawl at 300 m depth over a bottom of about 3,000m.
Specimen Condition Dead Specimen
Identified By R. E. Young and Mike Vecchione
Life Cycle Stage Piece of egg string and embryos
Size Eggs 8 mm in long axis
Collection U.S. National Museum of Natural History
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License - Version 3.0.
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Creation Date Evening
Attached to Group Haliphron atlanticus: view page image collection
Title haliphronembryos.jpg
Image Type Photograph
Image Content Specimen(s)
ID 50738
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