Kittonia elaborata from Oamaru, New Zealand. Single example on the slide, mounted with the processes upwards towards the coverslip. Very orange mountant (longer exposure times for the images – 1/8s compared with usually around 1/25s). Prepared by JA Long. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 63x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.4 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, oblique lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 133 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Kittonia elaborata (Grove & Sturt) Grove & Sturt 1887. Published in: Grove, E. & Sturt, G. (1887). On a fossil marine Diatomaceous deposit from Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Part III. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Series 2 3: 63-78, Plates 5,6. Page 75. Basionym: Biddulphia elaborata Grove & Sturt 1886. Published in: Grove, E. & Sturt, G. (1886). On a fossil marine Diatomaceous deposit from Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand. Part I. Journal of the Quekett Microscopical Club, Series 2 2(16): 321–330, plates 18–19. Page 325, Plate 18, Figure 9.