Surirella ebalensis Cocquyt and Taylor 2015 (diatom)

Bacillariophyceae - Surirellales - Surirellaceae

Full reference: C. Cocquyt and J. C. Taylor. 2015. New and interesting Surirella taxa (Surirellaceae, Bacillariophyta) from the Congo Basin (DR Congo). European Journal of Taxonomy 133:1-15

Belongs to Surirella according to C. Cocquyt and J. C. Taylor 2015

Sister taxon: Surirella congolensis

Type specimen: Slide BR 4398, a test. Its type locality is Lomami River, which is in a Holocene fluvial horizon in the Congo-Kinshasa.

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at Lomami River

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