Attheya T.West, 1860

Holotype species: Attheya decora T.West

Publication details: T.West, 1860: 152

Original publication and holotype designation: West, T. (1860). Remarks on some Diatomaceae new or imperfectly described and a new desmid. Transactions of the Royal Microscopical Society, series 2 8: 147-153.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2025-03-17 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Cox, E.J. (2015). Coscinodiscophyceae, Mediophyceae, Fragilariophyceae, Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms). In: Syllabus of plant families. Adolf Engler's Syllabus der Pflanzenfamilien. 13th Ed. Photoautotrophic eukaryotic algae Glaucocystophyta, Cryptophyta, Dinophyta/Dinozoa, Heterokontophyta/Ochrophyta, Chlorarachniophyta/Cercozoa, Euglenophyta/Euglenozoa, Chlorophyta, Streptophyta p.p. (Frey, W. Eds), pp. 64-103. Stuttgart: Borntraeger Science Publishers.

Taxonomic notes
Results of investigations on three strains of Attheya septentrionalis and one strain of A. longicornis suggest that they form a separate group of diatoms, and there is no indication that they belong to either the Chaetocerotophycidae or the Biddulphiophycidae (Rampen et al. 2009). - (04 February 2010) - G.M. Guiry
Biddulphiophyceae: Attheya subgenera Attheya, Dolichoceratia (Stonik & Effimova, 2020). - (09 July 2020) - G.M. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 17 March 2025. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 18 May 2025