Sphaeroides

See also: sphaeroides and sphæroïdes

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin sphaeroides (“globular, spherical”).

Proper noun

Sphaeroides m

1. (archaic) A taxonomic genus within the family Tetraodontidae – Sphoeroides.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratostomataceae – Sphaerodes, a marine fungus.

Hyponyms

• (genus in Tetraodontidae): Sphaeroides rubripes (now Takifugu rubripes), Sphaeroides armilla (now Omegophora armilla), Sphaeroides halsteadi (now Reicheltia halsteadi)
• (marine fungus): Sphaeroides fimicola ( ⇒ Sphaerodes fimicola)

Further reading

• Sphaeroides at World Register of Marine Species (Tetraodontidae)
• Sphaeroides at World Register of Marine Species {Ascomycota}
• Ceratostomataceae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies