Remanella
Genus of protists in the karyorelict ciliate family Loxodidae
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Remanella is a genus of karyorelict ciliates, belonging to family Loxodidae.[1][2] Whereas Remanella inhabits brackish and marine waters, Loxodes – the other loxodid genus – is a freshwater taxon.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Clade: | Sar |
| Clade: | Alveolata |
| Phylum: | Ciliophora |
| Subphylum: | Postciliodesmatophora |
| Class: | Karyorelictea |
| Order: | Loxodida |
| Family: | Loxodidae |
| Genus: | Remanella Foissner, 1996[1] |
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Etymology
The genus name is a patronym honoring the German zoologist Adolf Remane (1898–1976), who contributed to the discovery of the marine interstitial fauna.[1]
Phylogeny
Molecular phylogeny based on sequences of the SSU rRNA gene suggests that the genus Remanella might be paraphyletic with respect to a monophyletic genus Loxodes but this result is not strongly supported.[4]
Species list
At least 18 species are recognized in the genus Remanella:[2]
- Remanella achroma Xu et al, 2013
- Remanella brunnea Kahl, 1933
- Remanella caudate Dragesco, 1953
- Remanella dragescoi Agamaliev, 1966
- Remanella faurei Dragesco, 1954
- Remanella gigas Dragesco, 1954
- Remanella granulosa Kahl, 1933
- Remanella levii Dragesco, 1960
- Remanella macrostona Xu et al, 2013
- Remanella margaritifera Kahl, 1933
- Remanella microstoma Dragesco, 1953
- Remanella minuta Dragesco, 1954
- Remanella multicorpusculata Vacelet, 1961
- Remanella multinucleata Kahl, 1933
- Remanella obtusa Fauré-Fremiet, 1951
- Remanella rugosa Kahl, 1933
- Remanella swedmarki Dragesco, 1953
- Remanella trichocysta Dragesco, 1953
- Remanella unicorpusculata (Kahl, 1933) Dragesco, 1965
- Remanella unirugosa Hartwig, 1973
