Etymology:e.la.ben.ti.o.i’des.L. pres. part.elabens, gliding, and specific epithet of a Microcystis species; L. adj. suff.-oides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff.-eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n.eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. fem. adj.elabentioides, resembling [Microcystis] elabens