Histotrophy is a form of matrotrophy exhibited by some live-bearing sharks and rays, in which the developing embryo receives additional nutrition from...

form of unfertilized eggs (intrauterine oophagy), uterine secretions (histotrophy) or it may be delivered through a placenta. The first two of these modes...

after which they are nourished by uterine milk secreted by the mother (histotrophy). Litters of 1–4 young are born from late July to early August, after...

appropriate growth conditions. Myliobatidae nurture their eggs via lipid histotrophy, a matrotrophic mode of reproduction. The uterus produces a lipid rich...

fecundity, it is crucial that the egg is well supported so they use a histotrophy reproductive strategy. The single developing young is at first sustained...

pups are fed on secretions from the uterine wall, a process known as histotrophy. The dwarf whipray is caught, largely as bycatch, over most of its wide...