Close up of a cirrate octopod egg case (brown) and inner chorion (purple). The octopus embryo will develop within the chorion until it is ready to hatch.
Octopod Egg Case
Image courtesy of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research, Discovering the Deep: Exploring Remote Pacific MPAs. Download larger version (jpg, 1.4 MB).

Close up of a cirrate octopod egg case (brown) and inner chorion (purple). The octopus embryo will develop within the chorion until it is ready to hatch.

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