Gonyostomum

Gonyostomum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Sar
Clade: Stramenopiles
Division: Ochrophyta
Class: Raphidophyceae
Order: Chattonellales
Family: Vacuolariaceae
Genus: Gonyostomum
Diesing 1866
Type species
Gonyostomum semen
(Ehrenberg 1853) Diesing 1866
Species
  • Gonyostomum depressum (Lauterborn 1897) Lemmermann 1908
  • Gonyostomum intermedium Skuja 1956
  • Gonyostomum latum Ivanov 1900
  • Gonyostomum ovatum Fott 1952
  • Gonyostomum semen (Ehrenberg 1853) Diesing 1866
  • Gonyostomum sinensis Jao 1978
Synonyms
  • Raphidomonas Stein 1878

Gonyostomum is a genus of freshwater algae in the class Raphidophyceae. They include the species Gonyostomum semen, which causes nuisance algal blooms.

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