Gonyostomum

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.

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