''Gellertia'' is a

monotypic genus In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...

of karyorelict

ciliates The ciliates are a group of alveolates characterized by the presence of hair-like organelles called cilia, which are identical in structure to eukaryotic flagella, but are in general shorter and present in much larger numbers, with a different ...

in the family Geleiidae. It contains a single species, ''Gellertia heterotricha''. 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 ''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 ...

'' shows long polykinetids). The genus name is a taxonomic patronym honoring the protistologist József Gellért.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q89594007 Ciliate genera Monotypic genera Karyorelictea Taxa described in 1999