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Nitzschia  Hassall
Taxonomic Serial No.: 5070

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Chromista  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s):    
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: accepted  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: partial   
  Latest Record Review: 2014   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomChromista   
    SubkingdomHarosa   
       InfrakingdomHalvaria   
          SuperdivisionHeterokonta   
             DivisionOchrophyta   
                ClassBacillariophyceae Haeckel – diatoms, diatomées  
                   SubclassBacillariophycidae Mann  
                      OrderBacillariales Hendey  
                         FamilyBacillariaceae Ehrenberg  
                            GenusNitzschia Hassall  
    Direct Children:  
                               Variety Nitzschia angustata var. antiqua   
                               Species Nitzschia accomodata Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia acicularis (Kütz.) W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia acidoclinata Lange-Bert.  
                               Species Nitzschia actinastroides (Lemm.) Van Goor  
                               Species Nitzschia acula Hantzsch ex Cleve & Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia acuminata (W. Sm.) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia adapta Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia adducta   
                               Species Nitzschia affinis   
                               Species Nitzschia agnewii Cholnoky  
                               Species Nitzschia agnita Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia amphibia Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia amphicephala Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia amphioxoides Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia angularis   
                               Species Nitzschia angustatula Lange-Bert.  
                               Species Nitzschia archibaldii Lange-Bert.  
                               Species Nitzschia arcus   
                               Species Nitzschia bacata Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia bicapitata   
                               Species Nitzschia bilobata   
                               Species Nitzschia bremensis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia brevirostris Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia brevissima Grunow In Van Heurck, 1881  
                               Species Nitzschia brittoni Hagelstein, 1939  
                               Species Nitzschia bulnheimiana (Rabenh.) H. L. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia capitata (H. L. Smith) M. Peragallo, 1903  
                               Species Nitzschia capitellata Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia circumsuta (Bailey) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia clausii Hantzsch  
                               Species Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenb.) W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia communis Rabenh.  
                               Species Nitzschia commutata Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia confinis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia congolensis Hustedt  
                               Species Nitzschia constricta   
                               Species Nitzschia crotonensis   
                               Species Nitzschia cursoria (Donkin, 1858) Grunow, 1880  
                               Species Nitzschia debilis (Arn.) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia debioides Hustedt, 1939  
                               Species Nitzschia delicatissima Cleve  
                               Species Nitzschia denticula Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia directa   
                               Species Nitzschia diserta Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia dissipata (Kütz.) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia distans   
                               Species Nitzschia draveillensis Coste & Ricard  
                               Species Nitzschia dubia W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia elegens Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia elliptica Hustedt  
                               Species Nitzschia epiphytica Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia epiphyticoides Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia epithemoides Grunow In Cleve and Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia fasciculata Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia filiformis (W. Sm.) Van Heurck  
                               Species Nitzschia flexa Schum.  
                               Species Nitzschia fluminenesis Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia fonticola Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia fonticoloides Sovereign  
                               Species Nitzschia frigida   
                               Species Nitzschia frustulum (Kütz.) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia gandersheimiensis Krasske  
                               Species Nitzschia gessneri Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia graciliformis Lange-Bert. & Simonsen  
                               Species Nitzschia gracilis Hantzsch  
                               Species Nitzschia gracillima   
                               Species Nitzschia graciloides Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia granii   
                               Species Nitzschia granulata   
                               Species Nitzschia grunowii   
                               Species Nitzschia hantzschiana Rabenh.  
                               Species Nitzschia heufleriana Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia hollerupensis Foged  
                               Species Nitzschia holsatica Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia homburgiensis Lange-Bert.  
                               Species Nitzschia hustedtiana Salah, 1953  
                               Species Nitzschia hybidaeformis Hustedt, 1955  
                               Species Nitzschia hybrida   
                               Species Nitzschia ignorata Krasske  
                               Species Nitzschia impressa Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia inconspicua Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia innominata Sovereign  
                               Species Nitzschia insecta Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia insignis   
                               Species Nitzschia intermedia Hantzsch  
                               Species Nitzschia islandica   
                               Species Nitzschia janischii Grunow, 1880  
                               Species Nitzschia kuetzingiana Hilse  
                               Species Nitzschia lacunarum Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia lacuum Lange-Bert.  
                               Species Nitzschia laevis   
                               Species Nitzschia lanceolata   
                               Species Nitzschia levidensis (W. Sm.) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia liebethruthii Rabenhorst, 1864  
                               Species Nitzschia linearis (C. Agardh) W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia littoralis   
                               Species Nitzschia longa   
                               Species Nitzschia longissima (Bréb.) Ralfs  
                               Species Nitzschia lorenziana Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia luzonensis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia macilenta W. Greg.  
                               Species Nitzschia marina   
                               Species Nitzschia martiana (Agardh, 1827) Van Heurck, 1896  
                               Species Nitzschia mediocris Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia mediterranea Hustedt, 1921  
                               Species Nitzschia microcephala Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia minutula Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia mitchellariana   
                               Species Nitzschia obsidialis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia obtusa W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia oceanica   
                               Species Nitzschia ovalis Arn.  
                               Species Nitzschia pacifica   
                               Species Nitzschia palea (Kütz.) W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia paleacea Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia paleaformis Hustedt, 1950  
                               Species Nitzschia palecides   
                               Species Nitzschia paleoides Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia panduriformis Gregory, 1857  
                               Species Nitzschia parvula W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia paxillifera   
                               Species Nitzschia pelagicus   
                               Species Nitzschia perminuta (Grunow) M. Perag.  
                               Species Nitzschia philippinarum Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia plana   
                               Species Nitzschia planctonica Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia procera   
                               Species Nitzschia prolongatoides   
                               Species Nitzschia proxima   
                               Species Nitzschia pseudoamphioxys Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia pseudodelicatissima   
                               Species Nitzschia pseudofonticola Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia pseudonana   
                               Species Nitzschia pumila Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia punctata Grun  
                               Species Nitzschia pungens   
                               Species Nitzschia pura Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia pusilla (Kützing) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia radicula Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia recta Hantzsch  
                               Species Nitzschia reversa   
                               Species Nitzschia rhopalodioides Hustedt, 1955  
                               Species Nitzschia romana Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia rostellata Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia salinicola   
                               Species Nitzschia schweinfurthii   
                               Species Nitzschia seriata   
                               Species Nitzschia sicula (Castracane) Hustedt  
                               Species Nitzschia sigma (Kütz.) W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia sigmaformis Hustedt, 1955  
                               Species Nitzschia sigmatella   
                               Species Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia silicula Hustedt, 1955  
                               Species Nitzschia sinuata W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia sociabilis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia socialis   
                               Species Nitzschia spathulata   
                               Species Nitzschia spectabilis   
                               Species Nitzschia sphaerophora A. Cleve  
                               Species Nitzschia spiculoides Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia spiculum Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia stagnorum Rabenh.  
                               Species Nitzschia striatula   
                               Species Nitzschia stricta Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia subacicularis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia subamphioxoides Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia subcapitellata Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia subcohaerens (Grunow, 1878) Va Heurck, 1896  
                               Species Nitzschia subfraudulenta   
                               Species Nitzschia sublinearis Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia subpacifica   
                               Species Nitzschia subrostrata Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia subrostroides Cholnoky  
                               Species Nitzschia subtilis (Kütz.) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia suecica (Grunow, 1880) Cleve-euler, 1938  
                               Species Nitzschia sueuca (Grunow) Cleve  
                               Species Nitzschia tarda Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia tenuis W. Sm.  
                               Species Nitzschia tergestina   
                               Species Nitzschia thermalis (Ehrenb.) Auersw.  
                               Species Nitzschia tropica Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia tubicole   
                               Species Nitzschia tugiduloides   
                               Species Nitzschia valdestriata Aleem & Hust.  
                               Species Nitzschia valida   
                               Species Nitzschia vermiculans   
                               Species Nitzschia vermicularis (Kütz.) Hantzsch  
                               Species Nitzschia vermiculoides (Kuetzing) Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia vexans Grunow  
                               Species Nitzschia virgata Roper  
                               Species Nitzschia vitrea Norman  
                               Species Nitzschia vulga Cholnoky  
                               Species Nitzschia woltereckii Hust.  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: J. Patrick Kociolek  
  Notes: Executive Director, California Academy of Sciences   
  Reference for: Nitzschia    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Nitzschia   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Fourtanier, Elisabeth, and J. Patrick Kociolek  
  Publication Date: 1999   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalogue of the Diatom Genera   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Diatom Research, vol. 14, no. 1   
  Page(s): 1-190   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0269-249X   
  Notes: eISSN 2159-8347; DOI: 10.1080/0269249X.1999.9705462   
  Reference for: Nitzschia   
       

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