''Surirella'' is a genus of diatoms in the family
Surirellaceae
Surirellaceae is a family of diatoms in the order Surirellales.
Genera
* ''Campylodiscus''
* ''Cymatopleura''
* ''Hydrosilicon''
* ''Iconella (alga), Iconella''
* ''Petrodictyon''
* ''Plagiodiscus''
* ''Stenopterobia''
* ''Surirella''
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The genus was
circumscribed
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by
Pierre Jean François Turpin
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in Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. vol.16 on page 361 in 1828.
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The genus name of ''Surirella'' is in honour of Jacques Simon Armand Suriray (1769–1846), who was a French doctor, naturalist and ]botanist
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(Algology), Zoologist
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, who worked in Le Havre
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References
External links
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''Surirella''
at AlgaeBase
Surirellales
Diatom genera
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