Remanella is a genus of Karyorelictea ciliates, belonging to family Loxodidae. Whereas Remanella inhabits brackish and marine waters, Loxodes – the other Loxodidae genus – is a freshwater taxon.
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.
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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.
Species list
At least 18 species are recognized in the genus Remanella:[
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