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Elakatothrix is a genus of green algae, specifically of the 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.

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