AuthorRussell, H.D.
Year1963
TitleNotes on methods for the narcotization, killing, fixation, and preservation of marine organisms
SeriesSystematics-Ecology Program
TypeBook/Report
SourceSystematics-Ecology Program, 70pp, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)
Review (by Malcolm Storey)

A compilation of several papers.

The main of these is Lo Bianco, Salvatore. 1899. "The methods employed at the Naples Zoological Station for the preservation of marine animals". Translated from the original Italian by E. 0. Hovey. This is now of limited use due to over-reliance on "sublimate" - mercuric chloride, and other highly toxic chemicals, which modern workers would prefer not to handle.

Two further contributions combine information from the above paper and the classic work by Wagstaffe and Filder (1955. The preservation of natural history specimens Vol. I. Invertebrates).

The final paper assesses Propylene phenoxetol, and Sevin and rapid freezing.

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Notes & PurposeStatusTaxonEnglishClassification
CurrentANIMALIAanimals
CurrentASCIDIACEAascidians, sea-squirtsAnimalia
CurrentACTINOPTERYGIIray-finned fishesAnimalia
CurrentECHINODERMATAstarfish, sea urchins, sea cucumbersAnimalia
CurrentENTEROPNEUSTAenteropneusts, acorn wormsAnimalia
CurrentCRUSTACEAcrustaceansAnimalia
CurrentANNELIDAsegmented worms and leechesAnimalia
CurrentPOLYCHAETApolychaete worms and ragwormsAnimalia
CurrentCHAETOGNATHAarrow wormsAnimalia
CurrentMOLLUSCAslugs, snails, bivalves, octopus, sea slugsAnimalia
CurrentBIVALVIAbivalvesAnimalia
CurrentGASTROPODAslugs and snailsAnimalia
CurrentOpisthobranchiaopisthobranchsAnimalia
CurrentNEMERTEAproboscis worms, ribbon wormsAnimalia
CurrentCOELENTERATAhydroids, jelly fish, sea anemones, jellyfishAnimalia
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