Four examples of Pleurosigma normanii from Galway Bay, west coast of Ireland. Mounted in Styrax. No makers name, but a nicely made slide (good handwriting). Olympus BHB microscope using 450nm LED light. As well as the wider field of view I imaged one using the 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. 35 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax).
Pleurosigma normanii Ralfs, 1861. Published in: Pritchard, A. (1861). A history of infusoria, including the Desmidiaceae and Diatomaceae, British and foreign. Fourth edition enlarged and revised by J. T. Arlidge, M.B., B.A. Lond.; W. Archer, Esq.; J. Ralfs, M.R.C.S.L.; W. C. Williamson, Esq., F.R.S., and the author. pp. [1]-xii, [1]-968, 40 pls [I-XV]. London: Whittaker and Co.. Page 919.