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.
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