Gomphosphaeria

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Gomphosphaeria
Gonphosphaeria sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Phylum: Cyanobacteria
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Chroococcales
Family: Gomphosphaeriaceae
Genus: Gomphosphaeria
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:

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