Asteromphalus beaumontii, unknown maker

Asteromphalus beaumontii

An example of Asteromphalus beaumontii (only one on the slide). No makers name, and no idea as to the location. Mounted facing upwards, with the rim downwards away from the coverslip. Interesting structure – the diatom raises upwards towards the tip of the ‘tail’ on the left hand side. Quite a 3D shape. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 63x Leitz Pl Apo 1.4 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 46 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).

Asteromphalus beaumontii Janisch in Schmidt et al., 1876. Original description: Schmidt, A. (1876). Atlas der Diatomaceen-kunde. Aschersleben, Commissions-Verlag Von Ludwig Siever’s Buchandlung. Series I (Heft 9-10): pls. 33-40. Plate 38, Figures 6,7.

Asteromphalus beaumontii Ehrenberg, 1844. Original description: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1844). Einige vorläufige Resultate seiner Untersuchungen der ihm von der Südpolreise des Capitain Rofs, so wie von den Herren Schayer und Darwin zugekommenen Materialien über das Verhalten des kleinsten lebens in den Oceanen und den gröfsten bisher zugänglichen Tiefen des Weltmeers. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin, 1844: 182-207. Page 200; plate for June, fig. 5. Synonymised names: Asterolampra beaumontii (Ehrenberg) Greville, 1860.

Hallegraeff, G.M., Leblanc, K. New observations on the Antarctic Asteromphalus darwinii/hookeri diatom species-complex (Asterolampraceae). Polar Biol 46, 759–772 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00300-023-03160-6 has Asteromphalus beaumontii as a synonym of Asteromphalus darwinii.