Nitzschia | Genera - Diatoms of North America

Category

Nitzschioid
Class

Bacillariophyceae
Order

Bacillariales
Family

Bacillariaceae

Type Species

Nitzschia elongata Hass.

Contributor

Sarah Spaulding, Mark Edlund - Dec 2008
Reviewer

Sam Rushforth - Jun 2010

Species
Citations & Links

Displaying 42 of 42 species

Sorted from smallest to largest by maximum length

161 Additional Nitzschia species

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Citations & Links

Citations

Hamsher, S.E., Kociolek, J.P., Spaulding, S.A. and Saleh, A. (2021) Taxonomy and nomenclature of some members within the Obtusae section of Nitzschia Hassall (Bacillariophyceae) including descriptions of two new species Fottea, Olomouc 21(2): 247–258.

Publication Link: 10.5507/fot.2021.010
Hohn, M.H. and Hellerman, J. (1963) The taxonomy and structure of diatom populations from three Eastern North American rivers using three sampling methods. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society 82(3):250-329.
Hustedt, F. (1930) Die Kieselalgen Deutschlands, Osterreichs und der Schweiz mit Berucksichtigung der ubrigen Lander Europas sowie der angrenzenden Meersgebiete. In: Dr. L. Rabenhorst's Kryptogamen-Flora von Deutschland, Osterreich und der Schweiz. Leipzig, Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft Geest und Portig K.-G. Vol. 7, Part 3, pp. 557-816.
Kelly, M.G., Trobajo, R., Rovira, L. and Mann, D.G. (2014) Characterizing the niches of two very similar Nitzschia species and implications for ecological assessment Diatom Research 30: 27-33.

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2014.951398
Krammer, K. and Lange-Bertalot, H. (1988) Bacillariophyceae. 2. Teil: Bacillariaceae, Epithemiaceae, Surirellaceae In: Ettl, H., J. Gerloff, H. Heynig and D. Mollenhauer (eds.) Susswasserflora von Mitteleuropa, Band 2/2. Gustav Fisher Verlag, Jena.
Mann, D.G., Sato, S., Rovira, L. and Trobajo, R. (2013) Paedogamy and auxosporulation in Nitzschia sect. Lanceolatae (Bacillariophyta) Phycologia 52(2): 204–220

Publication Link: 10.2216/12-077.1
Trobajo, R., Mann, D.G., Chepurnov, V.A., Clavero, E. and Cox, E.J. (2006) Taxonomy, life cycle, and auxosporulation of Nitzschia fonticola (Bacillariophyta) Journal of Phycology 42:1353-1372

Publication Link: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2006.00291.x
Trobajo, R., Clavero, E., Chepurnov, V.A., Sabbe, K., Mann, D.G., Ishihara, S. and Cox, E.J. (2009) Morphological, genetic and mating diversity within the widespread bioindicator Nitzschia palea (Bacillariophyceae) Phycologia 48: 443-459

Publication Link: 10.2216/08-69.1
Trobajo, R., Mann, D.G., and Cox, E.J. (2012) Studies on the type material of Nitzschia abbreviata (Bacillariophyta). Nova Hedwigia, Beiheft 141: 185–200.
Trobajo, R., Rovira, L., Ector, L., Wetzel, C.E., Kelly, M. and Mann, D.G. (2013) Morphology and identity of some ecologically important small Nitzschia species Diatom Research 28: 37-59

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2012.734531
Trobajo, R., Rovira, L., Ector, L., Wetzel, C.E., Kelly, M. and Mann, D.G. (2013) Morphology and identity of some ecologically important small Nitzschia species. Diatom Research 28: 37–59.

Publication Link: 10.1080/0269249X.2012.734531
Witkowski, A., Lange-Bertalot, H., Kociolek, J.P., Bak, M., Kulikovskiy, M.S. and Kuznetsova, I. (2015) Diatom flora of San Francisco Bay and vicinity III. New species in the genus Nitzschia Hassall Nova Hedwigia Supplement 144: 211-228

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Spaulding, S., Edlund, M. (2008). Nitzschia. In Diatoms of North America. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://diatoms.org/genera/nitzschia

Displaying 42 of 42 species

161 Additional Nitzschia species

Nitzschia abridia

Nitzschia acicularioides

Nitzschia acula

Nitzschia admissa

Nitzschia aequorea

Nitzschia agnita

Nitzschia ambigua

Nitzschia amphibia fo. frauenfeldii

Nitzschia amphibioides

Nitzschia amplectens

Nitzschia angustatula

Nitzschia angusteforaminata

Nitzschia archibaldii

Nitzschia aurariae

Nitzschia austriaca

Nitzschia bacilliformis

Nitzschia bacillum

Nitzschia behrei

Nitzschia bergii

Nitzschia bita

Nitzschia bremensis

Nitzschia bryophila

Nitzschia bulnheimiana

Nitzschia calcicola

Nitzschia capitellata

Nitzschia capitellata var. siberica

Nitzschia communis var. hyalina

Nitzschia commutata

Nitzschia commutatoides

Nitzschia compressa var. elongata

Nitzschia compressa var. vexans

Nitzschia confinis

Nitzschia costei

Nitzschia dippelii

Nitzschia dissipata fo. undulata

Nitzschia dissipata var. media

Nitzschia diversa

Nitzschia draveillensis

Nitzschia dubia

Nitzschia dubiformis

Nitzschia elegans

Nitzschia elegantula

Nitzschia elliptica

Nitzschia fasciculata

Nitzschia filiformis var. conferta

Nitzschia filiformis var. obtusa

Nitzschia flexa

Nitzschia flexoides

Nitzschia fonticola var. pelagica

Nitzschia fossilis

Nitzschia frequens

Nitzschia frustulum

Nitzschia frustulum var. subsalina

Nitzschia fruticosa

Nitzschia gandersheimiensis

Nitzschia geitleri

Nitzschia gessneri

Nitzschia gisela

Nitzschia graciliformis

Nitzschia gracilis

Nitzschia gracilis var. minor

Nitzschia graciloides

Nitzschia grossestriata

Nitzschia hantzschiana

Nitzschia harderi

Nitzschia heufleriana

Nitzschia homburgiensis

Nitzschia hustedtiana

Nitzschia hybrida

Nitzschia hybridaeformis

Nitzschia inconspicua

Nitzschia insignis

Nitzschia intermedia

Nitzschia intermissa

Nitzschia kimberliensis

Nitzschia lacunarum

Nitzschia lacuum

Nitzschia laevis