[NHCOLL-L:5600] FW: Rehydration of a sea anemone

[Bentley, Andrew Charles]

Hi all

A question from someone not on this list about relaxing sea anemones for dissection.  Please respond directly to him with any help you may have.

Thanks

Andy

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 Andy Bentley
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From: Daniel L [mailto:dlauretta at gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2011 7:50 AM
To: Bentley, Andrew Charles
Subject: Rehydration of a sea anemone

My Name is Daniel Lauretta and I´m working with sea anemones (Cnidaria: Anthozoa)  in the argentinean museum of natural sciences. I have a holotype of a sea anemone from a swedish Museum. The specimen was preserved in formalin or etanol, but it has accidentaly dried and was put again in alcohol. Now, I´m trying to study the specimen, but the tissue is hard and I can´t do a disection. Do you know a way to soften the tissue? Or perhaps you can tell me who could known how to do this. Daphne Fautin gave me the direction of this website.
Thank you very much.


Lauretta Daniel M.
Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales Bernardino Rivadavia
Lab. 57
Av. Angel Gallardo 470 - C1405DJR -       Buenos Aires - Argentina -
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