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).
Two images. Entire test and detail view.
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Place name: Wetland Paradieswiese near Kitzbühel (Tyrol, Austria)
Latitude: 47.47375067 Longitude: 12.37624884 Elevation: 777 m
Tescan Clara SEM, © Wolfgang Bettighofer/Jürgen Stampfl
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.
© Wolfgang Bettighofer,
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