Elakatothrix


Elakatothrix is a genus of green algae in the class Klebsormidiophyceae.

Etymology

Genus name Elakatothrix is composed of elakato- prefix, "spindle", and –thrix suffix, "thread", literally "spindle thread", in reference to the tapered shape of individual cell of the colonial algae.

List of species

E. auae Setchell 1924E. acuta Pascher 1915E. alpina Beck-Mannagetta 1926E. americana Wille 1899E. arvernensis Chodat & Chodat 1925E. bifurcata Kant & Gupta 1998E. biplex Hindák 1962E. gelatinosa Wille 1898E. gelifacta Hindák 1987E. genevensis Hindák 1962E. gloeocystiformis Korshikov 1953E. gracilis Hortobagyi 1973E. inflexa Hindák 1966E. lacustris Korshikov 1953 non Beck-Mannagetta 1931E. linearis Pascher 1915E. minima Beck-Mannagetta 1929E. obtusata Flechtner, Johansen & Clark 1998E. ovalis Hindák 1987E. parvula Hindák 1962E. pseudogelatinosa Korshikov 1953E. spirochroma Hindák 1962E. subacuta Korshikov 1939