title: Geleia
text: # Geleia
  
  Geleia is a genus of karyorelict ciliates in the family Geleiidae.
  
  The genus name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the Hungarian protistologist József von Gelei (1885-1952).
  
  ## Systematics
  
  17 species are currently described in the genus Geleia.
  
  * 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.
  
  