Elakatothrix

Elakatothrix
Elakatothrix genevensis
Scientific classification
Clade:	Viridiplantae
(unranked):	Charophyta
Class:	Klebsormidiophyceae
Order:	Klebsormidiales
Family:	Elakatotrichaceae
Genus:	Elakatothrix Wille, 1898
Type species
Elakatothrix gelatinosa Wille, 1898
Species
See text.
Synonyms
AtractiniumZacharias 1903 FusolaSnow 1903

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. auaeSetchell 1924
• E. acutaPascher 1915
• E. alpinaBeck-Mannagetta 1926
• E. americanaWille 1899
• E. arvernensisChodat & Chodat 1925
• E. bifurcataKant & Gupta 1998
• E. biplex(Nygaard 1945) Hindák 1962
• E. gelatinosaWille 1898
• E. gelifacta(Chodat 1902) Hindák 1987
• E. genevensis(Reverdin 1919) Hindák 1962
• E. gloeocystiformisKorshikov 1953
• E. gracilisHortobagyi 1973
• E. inflexaHindák 1966
• E. lacustrisKorshikov 1953 non Beck-Mannagetta 1931
• E. linearisPascher 1915
• E. minimaBeck-Mannagetta 1929
• E. obtusataFlechtner, Johansen & Clark 1998
• E. ovalis(Ettl 1968) Hindák 1987
• E. parvula(Archer 1862) Hindák 1962
• E. pseudogelatinosaKorshikov 1953
• E. spirochroma(Reverdin 1917) Hindák 1962
• E. subacutaKorshikov 1939

References

1. See the NCBI webpage on Elakatothrix. Data extracted from the "NCBI taxonomy resources". National Center for Biotechnology Information . Retrieved 2007-03-19.
2. Phycokey-Elakatothrix : read on line

External links

• AlgaeBase
• AlgaTerra database
• Index Nominum Genericorum