An arrangement of three Actinoptychus undulatus. No location or makers name. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. As well as the arrangement I imaged one using a 63x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.4 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 89 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Actinoptychus undulatus (Kützing) Ralfs 1861. Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co.. Page 839, Plate 5, Figure 88. This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Actinoptychus senarius (Ehrenberg) Ehrenberg 1843. Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1843). Verbreitung und Einfluss des mikroskopischen Lebens in Süd- und Nord-Amerika. Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1841: [291]–445 + [1, Berichtigungen], pls 1–4. Page 400, Plate 1.1 Figure 27, Plate 1.3 Figure 21.