

An arrangement of selected various species from coral washings, Paama Island, New Hebrides (Paama is a small island in Malampa Province, Vanuatu). Prepared by WA Firth. 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. 22 images stacked in Zerene (Pmax). Mountant shows signs of yellowing and one of the diatoms has moved. Various diatoms, including examples of Plagiodiscus nervatus.