Geleia

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

See text.

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]

  1. ^ Dragesco, Jean (26 November 1999). "Révision des Geléiides (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea)" (PDF). Stapfia. 66: 1–91.
  2. ^ "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.