Cocconeis sawensis Al-Handal et Riaux-Gobin sp. nov. (LM Figs 2–9; SEM Figs 10 –41)

Holotype: Permanent slide BM 101 689 deposited in the Natural History Museum, London (UK), from material collected as epiphyte on Chara sp. (Sawa Lake, South Iraq)

Isotype: Slide No. SL52013, Department of Marine Biology, Marine Science Center, Basra, Iraq .

Type locality: Sawa Lake, 31 18 N, 45 00 E .