Subspecies and species names using Group C adjectives
Epithets of species or subspecies can be formed from simple or compound Latin or Neolatin adjectives [Rule 12c (1), Rule 13b]. Group C adjectives are of Greek origin and declined in an unusual way. Their ending is the same for all genders. One part of the species and subspecies names found in LPSN and derived in that manner are shown here, arranged according to the stem of the adjective.See also the LPSN introductory page on forming names .
New combinations
In the case of a ☞ new combination these epithets must not be adapted to the gender of the genus name.
actinoid- (actinoides, actinoides, actinoides)
aerogenoid- (aerogenoides, aerogenoides, aerogenoides)
alysoid- (alysoides, alysoides, alysoides)
Kineothrix alysoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
anabaenopsoid- (anabaenopsoides, anabaenopsoides, anabaenopsoides)
asteroid- (asteroides, asteroides, asteroides)
bacillarioid- (bacillarioides, bacillarioides, bacillarioides)
bacteroid- (bacteroides, bacteroides, bacteroides)
bostrychoid- (bostrychoides, bostrychoides, bostrychoides)
Pegethrix bostrychoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
botryoid- (botryoides, botryoides, botryoides)
brisouioid- (brisouioides, brisouioides, brisouioides)
caligoid- (caligoides, caligoides, caligoides)
Sinobacterium caligoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
calothrichoid- (calothrichoides, calothrichoides, calothrichoides)
chromaiod- (chromaiodes, chromaiodes, chromaiodes)
clavatoid- (clavatoides, clavatoides, clavatoides)
Calothrix clavatoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
coccoid- (coccoides, coccoides, coccoides)
collinoid- (collinoides, collinoides, collinoides)
comoid- (comoides, comoides, comoides)
coralloid- (coralloides, coralloides, coralloides)
crenothrichoid- (crenothrichoides, crenothrichoides, crenothrichoides)
crotaloid- (crotaloides, crotaloides, crotaloides)
cylindroid- (cylindroides, cylindroides, cylindroides)
deflexoid- (deflexoides, deflexoides, deflexoides)
deltoid- (deltoides, deltoides, deltoides)
Chroococcus deltoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
desmoid- (desmoides, desmoides, desmoides)
discoid- (discoides, discoides, discoides)
"Veillonella discoides "
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
echinoid- (echinoides, echinoides, echinoides)
elabentioid- (elabentioides, elabentioides, elabentioides)
Microcystis elabentioides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
ellipsoid- (ellipsoides, ellipsoides, ellipsoides)
gongyloid- (gongyloides, gongyloides, gongyloides)
Partitiofilum gongyloides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
haematod- (haematodes, haematodes, haematodes)
hameloid- (hameloides, hameloides, hameloides)
Oscillatoria hameloides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
helicoid- (helicoides, helicoides, helicoides)
Spiroplasma helicoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
hormoid- (hormoides, hormoides, hormoides)
hydnoid- (hydnoides, hydnoides, hydnoides)
icteroid- (icteroides, icteroides, icteroides)
"Leptospira icteroides "
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
lichenoid- (lichenoides, lichenoides, lichenoides)
macroid- (macroides, macroides, macroides)
mesenteroid- (mesenteroides, mesenteroides, mesenteroides)
mucoid- (mucoides, mucoides, mucoides)
mycetoid- (mycetoides, mycetoides, mycetoides)
mycoid- (mycoides, mycoides, mycoides)
naviculoid- (naviculoides, naviculoides, naviculoides)
nematod- (nematodes, nematodes, nematodes)
nivoid- (nivoides, nivoides, nivoides)
nostochoid- (nostochoides, nostochoides, nostochoides)
obesoid- (obesoides, obesoides, obesoides)
"Hafniella obesoides "
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
onychoid- (onychoides, onychoides, onychoides)
Hormathonema onychoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
ophioid- (ophioides, ophioides, ophioides)
"Tannerella ophioides "
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
perideroed- (perideroedes, perideroedes, perideroedes)
peronid- (peronides, peronides, peronides)
plectonematoid- (plectonematoides, plectonematoides, plectonematoides)
pteroid- (pteroides, pteroides, pteroides)
Halonotius pteroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
raphidioid- (raphidioides, raphidioides, raphidioides)
rhaphidioid- (rhaphidioides, rhaphidioides, rhaphidioides)
rhizod- (rhizodes, rhizodes, rhizodes)
sacconemoid- (sacconemoides, sacconemoides, sacconemoides)
Dichothrix sacconemoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
schizothrichoid- (schizothrichoides, schizothrichoides, schizothrichoides)
scytonematoid- (scytonematoides, scytonematoides, scytonematoides)
sigmoid- (sigmoides, sigmoides, sigmoides)
sphaeroid- (sphaeroides, sphaeroides, sphaeroides)
sphenoid- (sphenoides, sphenoides, sphenoides)
spheroid- (spheroides, spheroides, spheroides)
Streptomyces spheroides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
spiraloid- (spiraloides, spiraloides, spiraloides)
Lyngbya spiraloides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
spiroid- (spiroides, spiroides, spiroides)
steloid- (steloides, steloides, steloides)
stigonematoid- (stigonematoides, stigonematoides, stigonematoides)
styloid- (styloides, styloides, styloides)
Cyanonephron styloides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
subconfervoid- (subconfervoides, subconfervoides, subconfervoides)
Lyngbya subconfervoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
telephoroid- (telephoroides, telephoroides, telephoroides)
tenacoid- (tenacoides, tenacoides, tenacoides)
Chroococcus tenacoides
Probable suffix: -oides/-oides/-oides; indicates resemblance; noun base; Greek origin [Stearn 1973].
thratoid- (thratoides, thratoides, thratoides)
tolypothrichoid- (tolypothrichoides, tolypothrichoides, tolypothrichoides)
trichoid- (trichoides, trichoides, trichoides)
vibrioid- (vibrioides, vibrioides, vibrioides)
vibrionid- (vibrionides, vibrionides, vibrionides)