| Gomphonema | |
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| Diatom Gomphonema | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Stramenopiles |
| Phylum: | Gyrista |
| Subphylum: | Ochrophytina |
| Class: | Bacillariophyceae |
| Order: | Cymbellales |
| Family: | Gomphonemataceae |
| Genus: | Gomphonema C.G.Ehrenberg, 1832 |
Gomphonema is a genus of diatoms belonging to the family Gomphonemataceae. [1]
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution. [1]
Several species are fossils. [2]