Unknown: E III A9

Unknown

Egg diameter in µm	Number of oil globules	Diameter of oil globule in µm	Yolk texture	Perivitelline space	Position of oil globule at hatch	Gut length   at eye- pigment stage	Myomeres
745-820	1	170-190	segmented	narrow	bow	44% of NL	25-26

Egg: The yolk is lightly segmented, and has a granulated surface when viewed under alternate black/white backgrounds. Fine black pigment spots on the embryo, are not dense, and there are none on the oil globule. No yellow pigment was seen in the egg. Incubation is about 26 hours.

Larva: The NH larva (B) has a line of fine, stellate black dots along the ventral edge of the notochord (B). At 4 days, the black pigment has consolidated over the gut (C), but in some specimens, forms one or more patches posterior to the anus (C, upper specimen). B & B1: 1 day, C & C1: 4 days (24-25°C).

This species shows strong affinities to EIIIA8. They are probably from the same genus. It also shows certain similarities with KIIIA9, except for the segmented yolk. Unfortunately a specimen has not been seen in the past few years, so this larva has not yet been submitted for DNA barcoding.

This egg has only been seen off Park Rynie on 7 occasions, but when present, has been found in fairly large numbers, all in offshore samples. No particular pattern of spawning is apparent from the sparse data (blue graph). The egg was not seen in the DHM samples.