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Gonyostomum

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Gonyostomum
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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.

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