Coccoid
# 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
