1. Species Nitzschia amphibia Grunow, 1862
2. Species Nitzschia angularis W.Smith, 1853
3. Species Nitzschia capitellata Hustedt, 1922
4. Species Nitzschia elliptica Hustedt
5. Species Nitzschia fasciculata (Grunow) Grunow, 1881
6. Species Nitzschia filiformis (W.Smith) Hustedt
7. Species Nitzschia fluminensis Grunow
8. Species Nitzschia fonticola (Grunow) Grunow, 1881
9. Species Nitzschia frustulum (Kützing) Grunow, 1880
10. Species Nitzschia hybrida Grunow
11. Species Nitzschia insignis Gregory, 1857
12. Species Nitzschia kolaczeckii Grunow, 1867
13. Species Nitzschia kuetzingiana Hilse, 1863
14. Species Nitzschia lanceola Grunow
15. Species Nitzschia lanceolata W.Smith, 1853
16. Species Nitzschia linearis W.Smith, 1853
17. Species Nitzschia longissima (Brébisson) Ralfs, 1861
18. Species Nitzschia lorenziana Grunow, 1879
19. Species Nitzschia majuscula Grunow
20. Species Nitzschia obtusa W.Smith, 1853
21. Species Nitzschia palea (Kützing) W.Smith, 1856
22. Species Nitzschia plana W.Smith, 1853
23. Species Nitzschia pulcherrima (Grunow ex Kitton) Grunow, 1878
24. Species Nitzschia pusilla Grunow, 1862
25. Species Nitzschia sigmoidea (Nitzsch) W.Smith, 1853
26. Species Nitzschia socialis Gregory, 1857
27. Species Nitzschia spathulata W.Smith, 1853
28. Species Nitzschia spectabilis (Ehrenberg) Ralfs, 1861
29. Species Nitzschia tryblionella Hantzsch, 1860
30. Species Nitzschia ventricosa Kitton, 1873
31. Species Nitzschia acuminata (W.Smith) Grunow, 1880 accepted as Tryblionella acuminata W.Smith, 1853 (Synonym)
32. Species Nitzschia apiculata (Gregory) Grunow, 1878 accepted as Tryblionella apiculata Gregory, 1857 (Synonym)
33. Species Nitzschia compressa (Bailey) C.S.Boyer, 1916 accepted as Tryblionella compressa (J.W.Bailey) M.Poulin, 1990 accepted as Pyxidicula compressa var. compressa J.W. Bailey, 1851 (Synonym)
34. Species Nitzschia denticula Grunow, 1880 accepted as Denticula kuetzingii Grunow, 1862 (synonym)
35. Species Nitzschia hungarica Grunow, 1862 accepted as Tryblionella hungarica (Grunow) Frenguelli, 1942 accepted as Nitzschia hungarica f. hungarica Grunow, 1862 (Basionym)
36. Species Nitzschia jelineckii Grunow, 1863 accepted as Tryblionella jelineckii (Grunow) D.G.Mann, 1990 accepted as Nitzschia jelineckii var. jelineckii Grunow, 1863 (synonym)
37. Species Nitzschia littoralis Grunow, 1880 accepted as Tryblionella littoralis (Grunow) D.G.Mann, 1990 accepted as Nitzschia littoralis var. littoralis Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 (Basionym)
38. Species Nitzschia navicularis (Brébisson) Grunow, 1880 accepted as Tryblionella navicularis (Brébisson) Ralfs, 1861 accepted as Surirella navicularis Brébisson, 1849 (Synonym)
39. Species Nitzschia panduriformis W.Gregory, 1857 accepted as Psammodictyon panduriforme (W.Gregory) D.G.Mann, 1990 accepted as Nitzschia panduriformis f. panduriformis Gregory, 1857
40. Species Nitzschia scalaris (Ehrenberg) W.Smith, 1853 accepted as Tryblionella scalaris (Ehrenberg) P.Siver & P.B.Hamilton, 2005 accepted as Synedra scalaris Ehrenberg, 1843 (synonym)
41. Species Nitzschia subtilis (Kützing) Grunow, 1880 accepted as Nitzschia linearis var. subtilis (Grunow) Hustedt, 1923
42. Species Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) W.Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
43. Species Nitzschia agnita Hustedt, 1957 (uncertain > unassessed)
44. Species Nitzschia alexandrina (Cholnoky) Lange-Bertalot & Simonsen, 1978 accepted as Nitzschia elliptica var. alexandrina Cholnoky, 1958 (uncertain > unassessed)
45. Species Nitzschia angustata (W.Smith) Grunow, 1880 accepted as Tryblionella angustata var. angustata W. Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
46. Species Nitzschia aurariae Cholnoky, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
47. Species Nitzschia bicapitata Cleve, 1901 (uncertain > unassessed)
48. Species Nitzschia brevissima Grunow, 1880 accepted as Nitzschia obtusa var. brevissima Van Heurck, 1885 (uncertain > unassessed)
49. Species Nitzschia capuluspalae Simonsen, 1965 (uncertain > unassessed)
50. Species Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) W.Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
51. Species Nitzschia coarctata Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
52. Species Nitzschia cocconeiformis Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
53. Species Nitzschia communis Rabenhorst, 1860 (uncertain > unassessed)
54. Species Nitzschia constricta (Gregory) Grunow, 1880 accepted as Psammodictyon constrictum f. parvum (Grunow) Belegratis, Louvrou & Economou-Amilli, 2012 (uncertain > unassessed)
55. Species Nitzschia corpulenta Hendey, 1958 (uncertain > unassessed)
56. Species Nitzschia cursoria (Donkin) Grunow in Cleve & Grunow, 1880 accepted as Bacillaria cursoria Donkin, 1858 (uncertain > unassessed)
57. Species Nitzschia didyma Hustedt, 1952 (uncertain > unassessed)
58. Species Nitzschia dissipata (Kützing) Rabenhorst, 1860 accepted as Synedra dissipata var. dissipata Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
59. Species Nitzschia distans W.Gregory, 1857 (uncertain > unassessed)
60. Species Nitzschia distantoides Hustedt, 1958 (uncertain > unassessed)
61. Species Nitzschia elegantula Grunow, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
62. Species Nitzschia epithemoides Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
63. Species Nitzschia granulata Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
64. Species Nitzschia habirshawii Febiger ex H.L.Smith, 1879 (uncertain > unassessed)
65. Species Nitzschia hustedtiana Salah, 1953 (uncertain > unassessed)
66. Species Nitzschia hyalina Gregory, 1857 (uncertain > unassessed)
67. Species Nitzschia johnmartinii Fryxell & Kaczmarska, 1994 (uncertain > unassessed)
68. Species Nitzschia lacuum Lange-Bertalot, 1980 (uncertain > unassessed)
69. Species Nitzschia leehyi G. Fryxell, 2000 (uncertain > unassessed)
70. Species Nitzschia lesbia Cholnoky, 1963 (uncertain > unassessed)
71. Species Nitzschia linkei Hustedt, 1939 (uncertain > unassessed)
72. Species Nitzschia marginulata Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
73. Species Nitzschia marina Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
74. Species Nitzschia paleacea Grunow in Van Heurck, 1881 (uncertain > unassessed)
75. Species Nitzschia panduriformis sensu Hustedt in Schmidt et al., 1921 (uncertain > unassessed)
76. Species Nitzschia prolongata Hustedt, 1938 (uncertain > unassessed)
77. Species Nitzschia pungens Grunow ex Cleve, 1897 (uncertain > unassessed)
78. Species Nitzschia quadrangula (Kützing) Lange-Bertalot, 1980 accepted as Synedra quadrangula Kützing, 1844 (uncertain > unassessed)
79. Species Nitzschia romanowiana Pantocsek, 1902 (uncertain > unassessed)
80. Species Nitzschia rosenstockii Lange-Bertalot, 1980 (uncertain > unassessed)
81. Species Nitzschia scalpelliformis Grunow, 1880 (uncertain > unassessed)
82. Species Nitzschia sigma (Kützing) W.Smith, 1853 (uncertain > unassessed)
83. Species Nitzschia silicula Hustedt, 1955 (uncertain > unassessed)
84. Species Nitzschia sinensis Liu et al., 1984 (uncertain > unassessed)
85. Species Nitzschia sublanceolata Archibald, 1982 (uncertain > unassessed)
86. Species Nitzschia subsalsa Cholnoky, 1968 (uncertain > unassessed)
87. Species Nitzschia valdestriata Aleem & Hustedt, 1951 (uncertain > unassessed)
88. Species Nitzschia vidovichii Grunow accepted as Homoeocladia vidovichii var. vidovichii Grunow, 1862 (uncertain > unassessed)
89. Species Nitzschia vitrea G.Norman, 1861 (uncertain > unassessed)

marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Hassall, A.H. (1845). A history of the British Freshwater Algae (including descriptions of the Diatomaceae and Desmidiaceae) with upwards of one hundred Plates. I. Text. <em>Taylor, Walton, and Maberly, London.</em> 462 pp. [details] 

Kociolek, J.P.; Blanco, S.; Coste, M.; Ector, L.; Liu, Y.; Karthick, B.; Kulikovskiy, M.; Lundholm, N.; Ludwig, T.; Potapova, M.; Rimet, F.; Sabbe, K.; Sala, S.; Sar, E.; Taylor, J.; Van de Vijver, B.; Wetzel, C.E.; Williams, D.M.; Witkowski, A.; Witkowski, J. (2024). DiatomBase. Nitzschia A.H. Hassall, 1845. Accessed through: Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2024) Chinese Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149045 on 2025-04-02

Xu, K., An, J., Ding, L., Dong, D., Gao, Y., Huang, Y., Jiang, W., Lei, Y., Li, K., Li, X., Li, Y., Liang, X., Lin, G., Lin, M., Liu, H., Liu, J., Liu, W., Liu, X., Lu, D., Ma, Z., Ren, X., Sha, Z., Sun, J., Sun, S., Sun, Z., Tian, L., Wang, D., Wang, J., Wu, X., Xia, B., Xiao, N., Yin, J., Zhang, J., Zhang, S., Zhang, X., Zhao, E., Zheng, X., Zhou, H., Zhou, J. & Zhou, K. (2025). Chinese Register of Marine Species. Nitzschia A.H. Hassall, 1845. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/charms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149045 on 2025-04-02

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