A strew slide from Clent Hills, Worcestershire. Range of species present along with some debris. Collected May 1971. No makers name but this is by Bernard Hartley. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. I chose an example of Surirella capronii for high magnification imaging (viewed from below with the rim to the coverslip). 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. 59 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
The entry from Bernard Hartley’s Sample and Strew Slide Collection PDF for this slide is shown above (accessed from here).
Surirella capronii Brébisson & Kitton 1869. Published in: Kitton, F. (1869). A new Surirella. Hardwicke’s Science-Gossip 5: 61, fig 43, 44 (as ‘Surirella (Suriraya) Capronii‘). Surirella capronii currently regarded as a synonym of Iconella capronii (Brébisson & Kitton) Ruck & Nakov.