Aulacodiscus meakinii, Richard Gosden

Aulacodiscus meakinii

Aulacodiscus meakinii from Forrester’s Hill, Oamaru, New Zealand. Single example on the slide. Mounted in Styrax/Aroclor and dated June [19]69. Prepared by Richard Gosden. 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. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 71 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).

Aulacodiscus meakinii J.B.Woodward & W.B.Flint 1969. Published in: Woodward, J.B. & Flint, W.E. (1969). A new Aulacodiscus from Oamaru. Microscopy. The Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club 31(6): 159-161, [3] fig. Page 169, Figures 1-3. Seems to be fairly rare, and was only described in 1969.