Coccoid

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