An arrangement of four Amphiprora pulchra from Palisades del Rey, California, USA. Recent marine material. Mounted in Styrax and dated May 1936. Prepared by JA Long. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 40x Leitz Pl Apo 1.00 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. 11mm spacer to the camera removed to increase field of view. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 80 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Amphiprora pulchra Bailey 1851. Published in: Bailey, J.W. (1851). Microscopical observations made in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge 2(8): 1-48, 3 plates. Page 38, Plate 2, Figures 16,18. This name is currently regarded as a synonym of Entomoneis pulchra (Bailey) Reimer. Published in: Patrick, R. & Reimer, C.W. (1975). The diatoms of the United States exclusive of Alaska and Hawaii. Vol. 2, Part 1. Entomoneidaceae, Cymbellaceae, Gomphonemaceae, Epithemiaceae. pp. [i]-ix, [1]-213, 28 pls [in text]. Philadelphia: The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Page 5, Plate 2, Figures 1a, 2.