An arrangement of Triceratium crenulatum from Oamaru, New Zealand. No makers name, but prepared by Laurence Hardman. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. As well as the wider field of view, I imaged one using the 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. 55 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Triceratium crenulatum 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 II [2], Figure 3. This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Sheshukovia crenulata (Grove & Sturt) Glezer 1984. Published in: Glezer, Z.I. (1984). Znachenie issledovanij po sistematike diatomovych vodoroslej dlia biostrtigrafii i paleogeographii [The importance of research about systematics of diatom algae for biostratigraphy and paleogeography]. Ezhegodnik Vsesoyuznogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 27: 284-298, 1 figure, 1 table. [in Russian]. Page 293.