Elakatothrix

Elakatothrix is a genus of green algae, specifically of the 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

 * 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