Higher Classification: > Kingdom Chromista > Phylum Heterokontophyta > Subphylum Bacillariophytina > Class Bacillariophyceae > Subclass Bacillariophycidae > Superorder Bacillariophycanae > Order Bacillariales > Family Bacillariaceae > Genus Pseudo-nitzschia

Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden, 1928

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Pseudo-nitzschia*	H. Peragallo in H. Peragallo & M. Peragallo, 1900	accepted genus name

Literature

basis of record	M'harzi, A. (1999). Phytoplankton community structuring in some areas of the North Sea. PhD Thesis. Vrije Universiteit Brussel: Brussel, Belgium. 221 pp.
additional source	Rhodes L., Scholin C., Garthwaite I., Haywood A. & Thomas A. 1997. Domoic acid producing Pseudo-nitzschia species educed by whole cell DNA probe-based and immunochemical assays. In: Harmful Algae (Ed. by B. Reguera, J. Blanco, M.L. Fernández & T. Wyatt), pp. 274-277. Xunta de Galicia and IOC, UNESCO, Santiago de Compostela.
additional source	Lakkis, S. (2011). Le phytoplancton marin du Liban (Méditerranée orientale): biologie, biodiversité, biogéographie. Aracne: Roma. ISBN 978-88-548-4243-4. 293 pp.
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	Moestrup, Ø., Akselman, R., Cronberg, G., Elbraechter, M., Fraga, S., Halim, Y., Hansen, G., Hoppenrath, M., Larsen, J., Lundholm, N., Nguyen, L. N., Zingone, A. (Eds) (2009 onwards). IOC-UNESCO Taxonomic Reference List of Harmful Micro Algae.
additional source	Smith J.C., Odense P., Angus R., Bates S.S., Bird C.J., Cormier P., de Freitas A.S.W., Leger C., O'Neill D., Pauley K. & Worms J. 1990. Variation in domoic acid levels in Nitzschia species: implications for monitoring programs. Bull. Aquacult. Ass. Canada 90: 27-31
additional source	Smith J.C., Pauley K., Cormier P., Angus R., Odense P., O'Neil D., Quilliam M.A. & Worms J. 1991. Population dynamics and toxicity of various species of Dinophysis and Nitzschia from the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence. Can. Techn. Rept. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 1799
additional source	Krayesky, D. M.; Meave, D. C.; Zamudio, E.; Norris, E.; Fredericq, S.; Tunnell, J. (2009). Diatoms (Bacillariophyta) of the Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico origin, waters, and biota. 1: 155-186.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Tomas, C.R. (Ed.). (1997). Identifying marine phytoplankton. Academic Press: San Diego, CA [etc.] (USA). ISBN 0-12-693018-X. XV, 858 pp.
additional source	Harper, M.A.; Cassie Cooper, V.; Chang, F.H.; Nelson, W.A.; Broady, P.A. (2012). Phylum Ochrophyta: brown and golden-brown algae, diatoms, silicoflagellates, and kin, in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2012). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 3. Kingdoms Bacteria, Protozoa, Chromista, Plantae, Fungi. pp. 114-163.
new combination reference	Heiden H. & Kolbe R.W. 1928. Die marinen Diatomeen der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901-3. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 8: 447-715.

Genbank

Citation

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. (2025). DiatomBase. Pseudo-nitzschia delicatissima (Cleve) Heiden, 1928. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:149153