Phylum: Ochrophyta Family: Tabellariaceae
Tabellaria flocculosa (Roth) Kützing, 1844
Found in freshwater where the zig-zag filaments can be found loosely-attached to rocks and vegetation in the littoral zone or entangled in filamentous algae
References:
Kelly et al. (2005). Common freshwater diatoms of Britain and Ireland: an interactive key