Gomphosphaeria

Gomphosphaeria
Gonphosphaeria sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Chroococcales
Family: Gomphosphaeriaceae
Genus:
Kützing
Gomphosphaeria aponina Kütz., illustration of a colony pressed apart

Gomphosphaeria (sometimes written Gonphosphaeria) is a genus of cyanobacteria belonging to the family Gomphosphaeriaceae.[1]

The genus was first described by Friedrich Traugott Kützing in 1836.[1]

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[2]

Species:

  • Gomphosphaeria aponina
  • Gomphosphaeria salina
  • Gomphosphaeria virieuxii

References

  1. ^ a b "Gomphosphaeria Kützing, 1836 :: Algaebase". www.algaebase.org. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Gomphosphaeria Kützing, 1836". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
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