Eggshell - Enrankaku

Japanese: 掩卵殻 - えんらんかく
Eggshell - Enrankaku

…Only one or two brood eggs are produced by sexual reproduction. When the winter eggs are placed in the brood chamber, the outer shell of the chamber changes shape and thickens to form an epiphium (also called an egg envelope). This epiphium falls off the carapace, and the winter eggs sink to the bottom of the water still protected by the epiphium. When the environment becomes favorable, females hatch from these eggs. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "eggshell" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…有性生殖で生ずる耐久卵はわずか1~2個である。冬卵が育房内に入れられると,育房の外殻は変形,肥厚して卵殻包epiphium(掩卵殻,卵皮膜ともいう)となる。この卵殻包は甲皮から脱落し,冬卵は卵殻包に保護されたまま水底に沈み,良好な環境となったとき,この卵から雌が孵化してくる。…

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