Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Platyhelminthes > Subphylum Rhabditophora > Superclass Neodermata > Class Monogenea > Subclass Monopisthocotylea > Order Capsalidea > Family Capsalidae > Genus Nitzschia

Nitzschia sturionis (Abildgaard, 1794) Krøyer, 1852

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nitzschia*	Baer, 1826	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Hirudo sturionis*	Abildgaard, 1794	synonym

Literature

basis of record	Bray, R.A. (2001). Monogenea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 142-146
additional source	Beverley-Burton, M. (1984). Monogenea and Turbellaria. In: Guide to the Parasites of Fishes of Canada, Part 1. (Edited by L. Margolis & Z. Kabata). Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Ottawa. 209 pp.
additional source	Margolis, L. & Z. Kabata (eds.). (1984). Guide to the parasites of fishes of Canada. Part 1. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 74:1-209.
additional source	Hendrix, S.S. (1994). Marine Flora and Fauna of the Eastern United States. Platyhelminthes: Monogenea. U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service, Seattle, Washington. Northwest Fisheries Science Center. Technical Report. No. NOAA-TR-NMFS-121: 107 pp.
redescription	Pugachev, O. N.; Gerasev, P. I.; Gussev, A. V.; Ergens, R.; Khotenowsky, I. (2010). Guide to Monogenoidea of freshwater fish of Palaearctic and Amur regions. Ledizion-Ledipublishing, Milan. 562 pp.
taxonomy source	Flowers, J. R.; Matsche, M. A. (2014). Notes on the Fish Parasite Nitzschia (Monogenoidea: Capsalidae) in North America. Northeastern Naturalist. 32(3): N18-N27.