Gomphosphaeria

Gomphosphaeria
Gonphosphaeria sp.
Scientific classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Cyanobacteriota
Class: Cyanophyceae
Order: Chroococcales
Family: Gomphosphaeriaceae
Genus: Gomphosphaeria
Kützing

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

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

The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.

Species:

  • Gomphosphaeria aponina
  • Gomphosphaeria salina
  • Gomphosphaeria virieuxii