BI-2010/11-129

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HOLOTYPE

Previously identified as morphotype "plain-collared"; designated Genus D sp. 1 in Osborn et al., 2012. MBARI code T438. Voucher 4-20% formalin; ethanol subsample collected. Verbatim collection data from Holland, Kuhnz & Osborn, 2012: 36 34’48"N, 122 29’30"W, 2994 m. Notes from Holland et al., 2012: "formalin-fixed female prepared as histological sections conserved along with unsectioned body parts"; "After the captured worm had been brought to the surface, several large oocytes were removed and frozen in liquid nitrogen for molecular analysis (Osborn et al., 2012), and the body, which had broken into two pieces at the level of the anterior trunk, was fixed in 10% formalin-seawater."