Surirella sparsipunctata Hust. in Huber-Pestalozzi, Phytoplankt. Suesswass . vol. 2 (2): 516, fig. 631. 1942.

Jahn, Regine, Kusber, Wolf-Henning & Cocquyt, Christine, 2017, Differentiating Iconella from Surirella (Bacillariophyceae): typifying four Ehrenberg names and a preliminary checklist of the African taxa, PhytoKeys 82, pp. 73-112 : 93-94

Surirella sparsipunctata Hust. in Huber-Pestalozzi, Phytoplankt. Suesswass. vol. 2 (2): 516, fig. 631. 1942.

Lectotype

(cited as holotype but designated by Simonsen 1987). BRM X4/30 Lake Tanganyika "Tanganikasee. 3rd Tang. Exp., G.S. West".

- Surirella sparsipunctata Hust. in A.W.F. Schmidt, Atlas Diatom.-Kunde, pl. 309: fig. 15. 1914, nom. inval.

= Surirella sparsipuncata var. laevis Hust. in Huber-Pestalozzi, Phytoplankt. Süsswass. vol. 2 (2), 517, fig. 631A. 1942.

Lectotype (designated by Simonsen 1987). BRM X4/34 Lake Tanganyika "Tanganikasee 6".

Comment.

For taxonomical results and discussion see Cocquyt and Vyverman (1993).