Nitida
# Nitida

Nitida, Nitidum and Nitidus are forms of the Latin for "bright, shining, sleek, blooming, smart" and may refer to:

Nitida:

Nitidus:

* Barbichthys nitidus, a junior synonym of B. laevis
* Eleutherodactylus nitidus, a species of frog in the family Leptodactylidae
* Emmelichthys nitidus, a rover species found at depths of between 100 and 500 m
* Euryoryzomys nitidus, a rodent species in the genus Euryoryzomys of family Cricetidae
* Hemicoelus nitidus, a species of beetles in the genus Hemicoelus of the family Anobiidae
* Lichen nitidus, a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown etiology
* Limnonectes nitidus, a species of frog in the family Ranidae
* Liolaemus nitidus, known as the shining tree iguana is a species of lizard in the family Iguanidae
* Nassarius nitidus, a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Nassariidae
* Petalonyx nitidus, a species of flowering plant in the family Loasaceae known as shinyleaf sandpaper plant
* Phymatodes nitidus, a species of longhorn beetle
* Rhabdoblennius nitidus, a species of combtooth blenny found in coral reefs in the western Pacific Ocean
* Sphoeroides nitidus, a species in the family Tetraodontidae, or pufferfishes
* Stemonoporus nitidus, a species of plant in the family Dipterocarpaceae
* Zonitoides nitidus, species of small, air-breathing land snail in the family Gastrodontidae

Nitidum

* Leptospermum nitidum, the shining tea-tree, a shrub species endemic to Tasmania
* Pisidium nitidum, the shining pea clam, a freshwater clam species
* Strioterebrum nitidum, the shiny Pacific auger, a sea snail species
* Zanthoxylum nitidum the shiny-leaf prickly-ash, a flowering plant species
* Meioceras nitidum, a sea snail species
