Kittonia elaborata, RI Firth

Kittonia elaborata, 20x Nikon Plan Apo NA 0.65 objective
Kittonia elaborata

Kittonia elaborata from Oamaru, New Zealand. Single example on the slide. Prepared by RI Firth. Dated December 1943 and mounted in Styrax. Described as ‘Good (protrusion)’, although both are broken and one has gone wandering with its fragments. Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. 40x Leitz Pl Apo NA 1.00 objective, oil immersion. Olympus Aplanat Achromat condenser, oil immersion, brightfield lighting. 2.5x Nikon CF PL photoeyepiece. Monochrome converted Nikon d850 camera. 37 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax). This one stacked really nicely, producing a really clear image.