| 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. | corlissina maricaensis gen. nov., sp. nov. was obtained from samples of sediment collected in a brackish lagoon of maricá city, rio de janeiro state, brazil. the morphological description was based on live observations, after protargol staining, and scanning electron microscopy. the novel species has a cylindrical body shape that is slightly contractile, 230-550 × 35-65 μm, a cytoplasm with many globular inclusions, one row of irregular cortical granules between each somatic kinety, approximatel ... | 2015 | 26338067 |