Genus Ammatoidea

Name: Ammatoidea West and West 1897

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Ammatoidea

Gender: feminine (stem: Ammatoide-)

Type species: Ammatoidea normanii West and West 1897

Valid publication: West W, West GS. A contribution to the freshwater algae of the south of England. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society London 1897; 1897:467-511.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)

Taxonomic status: correct name

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Hammatoidea corrig. West and West 1897	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate correction

Notes:
- 🧕 Hoffmann et al. (2005) assigned this genus to the family "Ammatoideaceae". Publication: Hoffmann L, Komárek J, Kaštovský J. System of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacteria) – state in 2004. Algol. Stud. 2005; 117:95-115.
- 🧕 Komarek et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the family Homoeotrichaceae Elenkin 1949. Publication: Komárek J, Kaštovský J, Mareš J, Johansen JR. Taxonomic classification of cyanoprokaryotes (cyanobacterial genera) 2014, using a polyphasic approach. Preslia 2014; 86:295-335.
- 🧍 Full authorship: W. and G.S. West 1897.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Ammatoidea aegaea Anagnostidis and Pantazidou 1991	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Ammatoidea murmanica corrig. Petrov 1961	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Ammatoidea normanii West and West 1897	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Ammatoidea simplex corrig. Woronichin 1926	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code), illegitimate name	synonym
Ammatoidea simplex corrig. Woronichin 1923	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Ammatoidea xizangensis corrig. Zhu and Li 1984	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name
Ammatoidea yellowstonensis corrig. Copeland 1936	validly published under the ICN (Botanical Code)	correct name

Parent taxon: Microcoleaceae (Hansgirg 1892) Strunecký et al. 2013

Assigned by: Strunecky O, Ivanova AP, Mares J. An updated classification of cyanobacterial orders and families based on phylogenomic and polyphasic analysis. J Phycol 2023; 59:12-51.

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