Nitzschia
Nitzschia is a common pennate marine diatom. In the scientific literature, this genus, named after Christian Ludwig Nitzsch, is sometimes termed Nitzchia, and it has many species described, which all have a similar morphology.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Nitzschia sigmoidea
speciesNitzschia sigmoidea
Nitzschia acicularis
speciesNitzschia acicularis
Nitzschia sigma
speciesNitzschia sigma
Nitzschia linearis
speciesNitzschia linearis
Nitzschia dissipata
speciesNitzschia dissipata
Nitzschia palea
speciesNitzschia palea
Nitzschia reversa
speciesNitzschia reversa
Nitzschia longissima
speciesNitzschia longissima
Nitzschia scalpelliformis
speciesNitzschia scalpelliformis
Nitzschia obtusa
speciesNitzschia obtusa
Nitzschia amphibia
speciesNitzschia amphibia
Nitzschia frustulum
speciesNitzschia frustulum
Nitzschia ventricosa
speciesNitzschia ventricosa
Nitzschia fruticosa
speciesNitzschia fruticosa
Nitzschia recta
speciesNitzschia recta
Nitzschia sigmaformis
speciesNitzschia sigmaformis
Nitzschia inconspicua
speciesNitzschia inconspicua
Nitzschia umbonata
speciesNitzschia umbonata
Nitzschia martiana
speciesNitzschia martiana
Nitzschia vermicularis
speciesNitzschia vermicularis
Nitzschia communis
speciesNitzschia communis
Nitzschia gracilis
speciesNitzschia gracilis
Nitzschia tubicola
speciesNitzschia tubicola
Nitzschia lorenziana
speciesNitzschia lorenziana
Nitzschia bicapitata
speciesNitzschia bicapitata
Nitzschia fusiformis
speciesNitzschia fusiformis
Nitzschia clausii
speciesNitzschia clausii
Nitzschia microcephala
speciesNitzschia microcephala
Nitzschia regula
speciesNitzschia regula
Nitzschia ligowskii
speciesNitzschia ligowskii
Nitzschia fasciculata
speciesNitzschia fasciculata
Nitzschia fonticola
speciesNitzschia fonticola
Nitzschia nana
speciesNitzschia nana
Nitzschia medioconstricta
speciesNitzschia medioconstricta
Nitzschia amabilis
speciesNitzschia amabilis
Nitzschia paleacea
speciesNitzschia paleacea
Nitzschia filiformis
speciesNitzschia filiformis
Nitzschia bryophila
speciesNitzschia bryophila
Nitzschia perminuta
speciesNitzschia perminuta
Nitzschia pusilla
speciesNitzschia pusilla
Nitzschia intermedia
speciesNitzschia intermedia
Nitzschia hantzschiana
speciesNitzschia hantzschiana
Nitzschia holsatica
speciesNitzschia holsatica
Nitzschia pseudofonticola
speciesNitzschia pseudofonticola
Nitzschia capitellata
speciesNitzschia capitellata
Nitzschia dubia
speciesNitzschia dubia
Nitzschia sinuata
speciesNitzschia sinuata
Nitzschia amphibioides
speciesNitzschia amphibioides
Nitzschia soratensis
speciesNitzschia soratensis
Nitzschia tenuis
speciesNitzschia tenuis
Nitzschia epithemoides
speciesNitzschia epithemoides
Nitzschia serpentiraphe
speciesNitzschia serpentiraphe
Nitzschia frequens
speciesNitzschia frequens
Nitzschia bacillum
speciesNitzschia bacillum
Nitzschia insignis
speciesNitzschia insignis
Nitzschia heufleriana
speciesNitzschia heufleriana
Nitzschia commutata
speciesNitzschia commutata
Nitzschia fluminensis
speciesNitzschia fluminensis
Nitzschia liebethruthii
speciesNitzschia liebethruthii
Nitzschia angularis
speciesNitzschia angularis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Nitzschia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 311291.