Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Subkingdom Harosa > Infrakingdom Heterokonta > Phylum Ochrophyta > Subphylum Khakista > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Bacillariales > Family Bacillariaceae > Genus Nitzschia

Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) W.Smith, 1853

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Nitzschia*	Hassall, 1845	accepted genus name
*Homoeocladia*	C.Agardh, 1827	synonym

Species group names

*Synedra acicularis*	Kützing, 1844	basionym
*Synedra acicularis*	Kützing, 1844	synonym

Children

Nitzschia acicularis var. acicularis
Nitzschia acicularis var. closterioides Grunow

Literature

basis of record	CAS Diatoms Database.
additional source	Hällfors, G. (2004). Checklist of Baltic Sea Phytoplankton Species (including some heterotrophic protistan groups). Baltic Sea Environment Proceedings No. 95: 210 pp.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].
additional source	Scott, F.J.; Marchant, H.J. (Ed.) (2005). Antarctic marine protists Australian Biological Resources Study: Canberra. ISBN 0-642-56835-9. 563 pp.
additional source	Krayesky, D. M., E. Meave del Castillo, E. Zamudio, J. N. Norris, and S. Fredericq. 2009. Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 155–186 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M
additional source	Algaebase

Genbank

Taxonomy

Published in AlgaeBase
WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (102 publications)
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Nitzschia acicularis (Kützing) W.Smith, 1853. In: Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. (2014). AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway (taxonomic information republished from AlgaeBase with permission of M.D. Guiry). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149046