Gonyostomum

Genus of algae

Gonyostomum
Scientific classification
(unranked):
Sar
Superphylum:
Heterokonta
Phylum:
Ochrophyta
Class:
Raphidophyceae
Order:
Raphidomonadales
Family:
Vacuolariaceae
Genus:
Gonyostomum

Diesing 1866
Type species
Gonyostomum semen
(Ehrenberg 1853) Diesing 1866
  • G. depressum (Lauterborn 1897) Lemmermann 1908
  • G. intermedium Skuja 1956
  • G. latum Ivanov 1900
  • G. ovatum Fott 1952
  • G. semen (Ehrenberg 1853) Diesing 1866
  • G. 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.

References

Taxon identifiers
Gonyostomum
  • Wikidata: Q5582133
  • Wikispecies: Gonyostomum
  • CoL: 7PHC8
  • EoL: 92784
  • GBIF: 3194430
  • iNaturalist: 211217
  • NCBI: 375453
  • Open Tree of Life: 906064
  • WoRMS: 369698