Remanella is a genus of Karyorelictea ciliates, belonging to family Loxodidae.
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.
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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