Geleiidae
{{Short description|Family of protists in the ciliates phylum}}
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| authority = Kahl, 1933
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Geleiidae is a family of karyorelict ciliates.{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=179287|title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Geleiidae Kahl, 1933|website=www.marinespecies.org|access-date=2017-02-18}} It is sometimes synonymized with family Aveliidae.{{Cite journal|last=Dragesco|first=Jean|date=26 November 1999|title=Révision des Geléiides (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea)|url=http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/STAPFIA_0066_0001-0091.pdf|journal=Stapfia|volume=66|pages=1–91}}{{Cite book |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9 |title=The Ciliated Protozoa |edition=3rd |date=2010 |page=343 |publisher=Springer Netherlands |isbn=978-1-4020-8238-2 |editor-last=Lynn |editor-first=Denis H. |location=Dordrecht |language=en |doi=10.1007/978-1-4020-8239-9}}{{Cite journal |last1=Silva-Neto |first1=Inácio D. |last2=Campello-Nunes |first2=Pedro H. |last3=Schlegel |first3=Martin |last4=Fernandes |first4=Noemi |date=2015-12-01 |title=Description and phylogenetic position of Corlissina maricaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. (Karyorelictea, Geleiidae), a novel interstitial ciliate from Brazil, with redefinition of the family Geleiidae |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |language=en |volume=65 |issue=12 |pages=4297–4308 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.000579 |pmid=26338067 |issn=1466-5026|doi-access=free }}
Geleiidae are very large ciliates (200 μm to 5 mm), with a cylindrical shape, and a thinner, often beak-shaped, apical region. They are characterized by a ventral oral region, with buccal infraciliature organized into one intrabuccal kinety and an extrabuccal row.
The family name is based on Geleia, the type genus.
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