Testate Amoebae –
Amoebozoa (Part), Stramenopiles (Part), Rhizaria (Part)
Observations on Centropyxis spinosa
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 spinosa Cash, 1905
Most likely ID: n.a.
Basionym: n.a.
Add’l Synonyms: Centropyxis aculeata var. spinosa Cash, 1905
Sampling date 06/2025. Scale bars indicate 20 µm (1), 5 µm (2).
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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
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New items
insigne
cucurbita
fimbriata
cucurbita
spinosa
praegeri
leptopus
wailesii
armatum
neosinuosum
ventricosum
filifera
spiralis
brightwellii
cristata
labiata
elongata
enchelys
pronum
labyrinthuloides
pellionellum
discoides
gibba
cassis
elongata
oblonga
bathystoma
capreolata
var. masurica
globulosa






























