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Ephippi are the "resting eggs" they make when their water gets bad or there's not enough food. Ephippia look like a packet of 2-3 eggs on their back. A blob starts out white, then grows black as the ephippia matures.
Ephipia are the resting eggs that can withstand freezing and drying conditions. They are black, sadle-bag shaped, and pretty hydrophobic. About 1-2mm long.
Resting eggs in rotifers. Hydrobiologia 104:213-224.
Snell, T. W., K. Carrillo, 1984. Body size variation among strains of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis. Aquaculture 37:359-367.
Wilkerson, J.
 See also: Others, Corydoras, Freshwater, Apistogramma, Feeding
  
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