Isthmia enervis, Flatters and Garnett

Isthmia enervis

An arrangement of three Isthmia enervis. Some other diatoms present, especially on thee left hand one. Some yellowing of the mountant. Prepared by Flatters and Garnett Ltd. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 20x Nikon Plan Apo NA 0.65 objective. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 57 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).

Isthmia enervis Ehrenberg 1838. Published in: Ehrenberg, C.G. (1838). Die Infusionsthierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in das tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. i-xviii, [1-4], 1-[548], 64 pls. Leipzig: Verlag von Leopold Voss. Page 209, Plate 16, Figure 6.