Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Centropyxis aculeata
Taxonomic tree according to Lahr et al., 2019 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.01.078)
and González-Miguéns et al., 2022 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107557)
Amorphea Adl et al., 2012
Amoebozoa Lühe, 1913, renewed definition Cavalier-Smith, 1998
● Tubulinea Smirnov et al., 2005
●● Elardia, Kang et al., 2017
●●● Order Arcellinida Kent, 1880
●●●● Suborder Glutinoconcha Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●● Infraorder Excentrostoma Lahr et al., 2019
●●●●●● Family Centropyxidae Deflandre, 1953
●●●●●●● Genus Centropyxis Stein, 1857
Centropyxis aculeata (Ehrenberg, 1838) Stein, 1859
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: Arcella aculeata Ehrenberg, 1838
Add’l Synonyms: n.a.
Sampling date 10/2008. Scale bars indicate 50 µm (1), 10 µm (2).
Overview and detail.
| First: | Whole test (shell). |
| Second: | High magnification shows that the cement of the Centropyxis test has areolar structure for reinforcement of the test (shell). |
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Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802
Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF images.
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astraea
bipyramidatum
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