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

Nitzschia Baer, 1826

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Nitzschia elongata (Nitzsch, 1826) Johnston, 1865
Nitzschia sturionis (Abildgaard, 1794) Krøyer, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ササノハケイソウ／ニッチア

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	Gusev, A.V. (1985). Parasitic Metazoa (Monogenea). In: Bauer, O.N. (ed.). Key to the Parasites of Freshwater Fishes of the USSR. Opredeliteli po Faune SSSR, Zoologicheskii Instituta SSSR. Nauka, Leningrad. 2(143):424 pp. (in Russian).
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.