centropyxid

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noun

Any amoebozoan in the family Centropyxidae.

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Meanings

nouncentropyxid (plural centropyxids)

plural centropyxids

  1. biologyAny amoebozoan in the family Centropyxidae.

    Here, the recovered centropyxids are also phenotypically diverse, with multiple numbers of spines that we divide into morphotypes, or variants, based on the absolute number of spines.

    2015 August 20, “Thecamoebians (Testate Amoebae) Straddling the Permian-Triassic Boundary in the Guryul Ravine Section, India: Evolutionary and Palaeoecological Implications”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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