Elakatothrix
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| Genus: | Elakatothrix Wille, 1898
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In taxonomy, Elakatothrix is a genus of green algae, specifically of the Klebsormidiophyceae.[1]
Etymology
Genus name Elakatothrix is composed of elakato- prefix, "spindle", and –thrix suffix, "thread", literally "spindle thread",[2] in reference to the tapered shape of individual cell of the colonial algae.
List of species
- E. auae Setchell 1924
- E. acuta Pascher 1915
- E. alpina Beck-Mannagetta 1926
- E. americana Wille 1899
- E. arvernensis Chodat & Chodat 1925
- E. bifurcata Kant & Gupta 1998
- E. biplex (Nygaard 1945) Hindák 1962
- E. gelatinosa Wille 1898
- E. gelifacta (Chodat 1902) Hindák 1987
- E. genevensis (Reverdin 1919) Hindák 1962
- E. gloeocystiformis Korshikov 1953
- E. gracilis Hortobagyi 1973
- E. inflexa Hindák 1966
- E. lacustris Korshikov 1953 non Beck-Mannagetta 1931
- E. linearis Pascher 1915
- E. minima Beck-Mannagetta 1929
- E. obtusata Flechtner, Johansen & Clark 1998
- E. ovalis (Ettl 1968) Hindák 1987
- E. parvula (Archer 1862) Hindák 1962
- E. pseudogelatinosa Korshikov 1953
- E. spirochroma (Reverdin 1917) Hindák 1962
- E. subacuta Korshikov 1939
References
- ^ See the NCBI webpage on Elakatothrix. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved 2007-03-19.
- ^ Phycokey-Elakatothrix : read on line
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