| Preservative Code | Description |
| 1 | 4-5% formalin (unbuffered) |
| 2 | 4-5% formalin (hexamine buffered) |
| 3 | 4-5% formalin (borax or borate buffered) |
| 4 | 10% buffered formalin in seawater (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 5 | 4-5% formalin in seawater (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 6 | 4-5% formalin (not specified if buffered) |
| 7 | 4-5% formalin (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 8 | 10% filtered paraformaldehyde (JGOFS/HOTS/BATS) |
| 9 | 2-10% buffered formalin in sea water (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 10 | 5-10% formalin in sea water (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 11 | 1% formalin (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 12 | 2% formalin (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 13 | 3-5% formalin in seawater (unbuffered) |
| 14 | 5% formalin in seawater (borax buffered) |
| 15 | 4-5% formalin in seawater (sodium bicarbonate buffered) |
| 16 | Frozen in liquid nitrogen |
| 17 | Acidified Lugol's solution |
| 18 | formalin (no information on the % or buffering provided) |
| 19 | a preservative was used (no additional information provided) |
| 20 | 10% buffered formalin (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 21 | 5% Formol-hexamine |
| 22 | 20% buffered Formalin (buffering agent not specified) |
| 23 | 20% buffered Formalin (Strontium Chloride buffered - to protect Acantharia) |
| 24 | 1% Paraformaldehyde frozen in liquid-nitron and stored at -85 deg. C. |
| 25 | 0.12% Glutaraldehyde (for 10 minutes) then frozen in liquid-nitrogen |
| 26 | 3% Formalin in sea water (buffering not specified) |
| 27 | 2% Formalin in sea water (buffering not specified) |
| 28 | 5% Formalin (buffering not specified) |
| 29 | 10% Formalin (buffering not specified) |
| 30 | 4% buffered Formaldehyde in Seawater |
| 31 | 90% Acetone |
| 32 | 2% Glutaraldehyde |
| 33 | N-dimethylfloramide |
| 34 | 3-4% buffered Formaldehyde (buffering-agent not specified) |
| 35 | 95% Ethanol |
| 36 | 70% Ethanal |
| 37 | OTOFIX |
| 38 | Lugol's Solution |
| 39 | 4% borad-buffered formaldehyde |