Brennan Phillips, from the University of Rhode Island, and colleagues were exploring the seafloor of the Galapagos Island in 2015 when they found large numbers of egg cases of the deep - sea skate. (techtimes.com)
'' [W] e showed our data to a bunch of shark experts, and they had seen anecdotal evidence of shark and ray egg cases near hydrothermal vents,» Phillips said. (techtimes.com)
Interestingly, shark experts also reported seeing egg cases of sharks and rays near hydrothermal vents. (techtimes.com)