Gomphosphaeria

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 Kütz., illustration of a colony pressed apart