Elakatothrix

Elakatothrix
Elakatothrix genevensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Archaeplastida
Clade: Viridiplantae
Class: Klebsormidiophyceae
Order: Klebsormidiales
Family: Elakatotrichaceae
Genus: Elakatothrix
Wille, 1898
Type species
Elakatothrix gelatinosa
Wille, 1898
Species

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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

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