| Elakatothrix | |
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| 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 | |
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| Synonyms | |
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Elakatothrix is a genus of green algae in the class Klebsormidiophyceae. [1]
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.