Geleia Explained

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]

• Geleia acuta Dragesco, 1960
• Geleia decolor Kahl, 1933
• Geleia filiformes Nouzarède, 1976
• Geleia fossata Kahl, 1933 is the type species of the genus.
• Geleia heterotricha Dragesco, 1960, redescribed as Gellertia heterotricha Dragesco, 1999
• Geleia hyalina Dragesco, 1960
• Geleia luci Dragesco, 1960
• Geleia major Dragesco, 1954
• Geleia martinicense Nouzarède, 1976
• Geleia murmanica Raikov, 1962
• Geleia nigriceps Kahl, 1933
• Geleia obliqua Dragesco, 1960
• Geleia orbis Fauré-Fremiet, 1951
• Geleia simplex Fauré-Fremiet, 1951
• Geleia swedmarki Dragesco
• Geleia tenuis Dragesco, 1954
• Geleia vacuolata Dragesco, 1960

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]

Notes and References

1. Dragesco . Jean . 26 November 1999 . Révision des Geléiides (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea) . Stapfia . 66 . 1–91 .
2. Web site: WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Geleia Nouzarède, 1977 . www.marinespecies.org . 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 . 10.2307/3226162 . 3226162 . 371094 . 0003-0023 .
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 . en . 65 . 12 . 4297–4308 . 10.1099/ijsem.0.000579 . 26338067 . 1466-5026. free .