Gellertia
Genus of protists in the ciliates phylum
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Gellertia is a monotypic genus of karyorelict ciliates in the family Geleiidae. It contains a single species, Gellertia heterotricha.[1]
| Gellertia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Supergroup: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Class: | Karyorelictea |
| Order: | Protoheterotrichida |
| Family: | Geleiidae |
| Genus: | Gellertia Dragesco, 1999 |
| Species: | G. heterotricha |
| Binomial name | |
| Gellertia heterotricha (Dragesco 1960) | |
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.