Centropyxis

{{Short description|Genus of amoebae}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Collection Penard MHNG Specimen 88-2-2 Centropyxis aculeata.tif

| image_alt = "Centropyxis aculeata"

| image_caption = Centropyxis aculeata

| domain = Eukaryota

| phylum = Amoebozoa

| classis = Tubulinea

| ordo = Arcellinida

| familia = Centropyxidae

| genus = Centropyxis

| genus_authority = Stein, 1857

| subdivision_ranks = Species {{cite web |author=WoRMS |year=2010 |title=Centropyxis Stein, 1857 |publisher=World Register of Marine Species |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=136759 |accessdate=May 14, 2011}}

| subdivision =

• Centropyxis aculeata (Ehrenberg, 1832) Stein, 1859
• Centropyxis aerophila Deflandre, 1929
• {{nowrap|Centropyxis constricta (Ehrenberg, 1841) Deflandre, 1929}}
• Centropyxis minuta Deflandre, 1929
• Centropyxis platystoma (Penard, 1890) Deflandre, 1929

}}

Centropyxis is a genus of lobose testate amoebae (Amoebozoa), including the species Centropyxis aculeata.{{cite journal |author=Daniel J. G. Lahr, Philip J. Bergmann & Sônia G. B. C. Lopes |title=Taxonomic identity in microbial eukaryotes: a practical approach using the testate amoeba Centropyxis to resolve conflicts between old and new taxonomic descriptions |journal=Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology |volume=55 |issue=5 |pages=409–416 |year=2008 |pmid=19017061 |doi=10.1111/j.1550-7408.2008.00339.x|s2cid=30404500 }}