Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)

Observations on Centropyxis discoides

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 discoides (Penard, 1902) Deflandre, 1929

Most likely ID: n.a.

Basionym: Centropyxis discoides Penard, 1902

Add’l Synonyms: Centropyxis aculeata var. discoides Penard, 1890

Sampling date 10/2011. Scale bar indicates 50 µm.

Test of Centropyxis discoides with embedded frustules of pennate diatoms.

Place name: Pond Suploch, Hiddensee (Germany)
Latitude: 54.538638 Longitude: 13.097802

Microscope Zeiss Universal, camera Olympus C7070WZ. DOF image.

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Sampling date 10/2019. Scale bars indicate 50 µm.

Empty test. Two images with (a) focus on the test (shell) and (b) focus on the lumen containing eggs from tiny metazoa.

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Place name: Bog Waasenmoos Pass Thurn near Mittersil (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.30234117 Longitude: 12.41751194

Microscope Zeiss Axioplan, camera Olympus OM-D M5 MKII. DOF images.

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Observations on Centropyxis discoides

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