Gellertia
Gellertia | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Clade: | SAR |
Infrakingdom: | Alveolata |
Phylum: | Ciliophora |
Class: | Karyorelictea |
Order: | Protoheterotrichida |
Family: | Geleiidae |
Genus: | Gellertia Dragesco, 1999 |
Species: | G. heterotricha
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Binomial name | |
Gellertia heterotricha (Dragesco 1960)
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Gellertia is a monotypic genus of karyorelict ciliates in the family Geleiidae. It contains a single species, Gellertia heterotricha.[1]
The genus is on average 400 µm long and 60 µm in width. It is characterized by a very simplified adoral infraciliature, reduced to a row of two dikinetids (whereas the genus Geleia shows long polykinetids).[1]
The genus name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the protistologist József Gellért.
References[]
- ^ a b Dragesco, Jean (26 November 1999). "Révision des Geléiides (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea)" (PDF). Stapfia. 66: 1–91.
Categories:
- Ciliate genera
- Monotypic genera
- Karyorelictea
- Taxa described in 1999