Fig. 6
From: Improved histological fixation of gelatinous marine invertebrates
Lateral views of two species of ctenophore fixed following the novel fixation method. Oral pole faces up. a. M. leidyi lobate-stage adult after 10 months of storage at room temperature following RainX® fixation and dehydration into 80% ethanol. While some distortion is apparent, the overall integrity of the specimen is excellent. b. B. ovata adult treated identically to the specimen in panel (a) (fixed, dehydrated, and stored). c. M. leidyi live, lobate-stage adult for morphological comparison with the fixed sample in (a). d. B. ovata live adult for morphological comparison with the fixed sample in (c). Photographs of live samples (c, d) provided courtesy of Joseph F. Ryan and shared under Creative Commons License (CC BY 4.0)