An arrangement of three Triceratium morlandii (spelt morlandi on the slide) from Oamaru, New Zealand. Prepared by WA Firth. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. The largest one was imaged using a 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. 69 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Triceratium morlandii Grove & Sturt 1887. Published in: Grove, E. & Sturt, G. (1887). On a fossil marine diatomaceous deposit from Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Part II. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Series 2, 3 (17). Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Series 2 3(17): 7-12, 2 pls. Page 7, Plate 2, Figures 5,6.
This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Entogoniopsis morlandii (Grove & Sturt) J.Witkowski, P.A.Sims, N.I.Strelnikova & D.M.Williams. Published in: Witkowski, J., Sims, P.A., Strelnikova, N.I. & Williams, D.M. (2015). Entogoniopsis gen. nov. and Trilamina gen. nov (Bacillariophyta): a survey of multipolar pseudocellate diatoms with internal costae, including comments on the genus Sheshukovia Gleser. Phytotaxa 209: 1-89, 253 figures, 1 table.