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Name derivation: |
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“Spindle thread”
-- Spindle Elakato-
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Classification: |
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Elakatothrix Wille 1898;
14 of 17 species descriptions are currently accepted taxonomically
(Guiry and Guiry 2013).
Order Klebsormidiales; Family Elakatotrichaceae
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Morphology: |
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Strongly
elliptical individual cells can be found on their own or in a colony. The
colony has an indefinite shape as it is formed of the individual cells sticking
in a gelatinous mass at random. Each individual cell has a single parietal
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Habitat: |
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Freshwater. |
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References: |
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Guiry,
M.D. in Guiry, M.D. and G.M.Guiry 2013. AlgaeBase.
World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway.
http://www.algaebase.org; searched on 28 January 2013. Wille, N.
1898. Beschreibung einiger Planktonalgen aus norwegischen süsswasserseen. Biologisches
Centralblatt 18: 302. |
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