An arrangement of two Kittonia virgata (Briggera ornithocephala) from Oamaru, New Zealand. Mounted facing upwards towards the coverslip. Processes damaged. Coverslip cracked. No makers name. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 40x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.00 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, slightly oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 88 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Kittonia virgata (Grove & Sturt) Grove & Sturt 1887. Published in: Grove, E. & Sturt, G. (1887). On a fossil marine Diatomaceous deposit from Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Part III. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Series 2 3: 63-78, pls 5, 6. Page 75.
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Briggera ornithocephala (Greville) R.Ross & P.A.Sims. Homotypic Synonym: Hemiaulus ornithocephalus Greville 1865. Heterotypic Synonyms: Biddulphia virgata Grove & Sturt 1886, Kittonia virgata (Grove & Sturt) Grove & Sturt 1887, Hemiaulus virgatus (Grove & Sturt) Fuge 1937.