''Elakatothrix'' is a

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, specifically of the

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Etymology

Genus name ''Elakatothrix'' is composed of elakato- prefix, "spindle", and –thrix suffix, "thread", literally "spindle thread",Phycokey-Elakatothrix
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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

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Scientific references

Scientific databases

AlgaeBase

AlgaTerra database

Index Nominum Genericorum
Chlorophyceae genera {{Green alga-stub