Coccoid
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Coccoid means shaped like or resembling a coccus, that is, spherical.
The noun coccoid or coccoids may refer to:
- a level of organization, characterized by unicellular, non-flagellated, non-amoeboid organisms, with a definite shape, in general but not always ovoid. It is found in many groups, e.g.:
- some bacteria, also called cocci (pl. of coccus)
- some green algae, like the desmids and the former Chlorococcales (now in several orders within the division Chlorophyta)
- some dinoflagellates, notably Symbiodinium
- some chrysophytes
- some xanthophytes
- the diatoms
- the superfamily Coccoidea of scale insects
- the Coccidae family within the Coccoidea
See also[edit]
- Coccolite, a form of the mineral diopside
- Coccolithophore, a class of phytoplankton (alga)
- Coccolith, a platelet formed by coccolithophore, found in chalk
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