Geleia

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Geleia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Postciliodesmatophora
Class: Karyorelictea
Order: Protoheterotrichida
Family: Geleiidae
Genus: Geleia
(Kahl 1933) Foissner, 1998
Species

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Geleia is a genus of karyorelict ciliates in the family Geleiidae.[1][2]

The genus name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Hungarian protistologist József von Gelei (1885-1952).[3]

Systematics

17 species are currently described in the genus Geleia.[2]

Phylogeny

Comparison and phylogenetic analysis of 18S rRNA sequences showed that Geleia is the sister group to a clade grouping Parduczia orbis with Corlissina maricaensis.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dragesco, Jean (26 November 1999). "Révision des Geléiides (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea)" (PDF). Stapfia. 66: 1–91.
  2. ^ a b "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Geleia Nouzarède, 1977". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-04-05.
  3. ^ Corliss, John O. (1978). "A Salute to Fifty-Four Great Microscopists of the Past: A Pictorial Footnote to the History of Protozoology. Part I.". Transactions of the American Microscopical Society. 97 (4): 419–458. doi:10.2307/3226162. ISSN 0003-0023. JSTOR 3226162. PMID 371094.
  4. ^ Silva-Neto, Inácio D.; Campello-Nunes, Pedro H.; Schlegel, Martin; Fernandes, Noemi (2015-12-01). "Description and phylogenetic position of Corlissina maricaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Karyorelictea, Geleiidae), a novel interstitial ciliate from Brazil, with redefinition of the family Geleiidae". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 65 (12): 4297–4308. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.000579. ISSN 1466-5026. PMID 26338067.