''Remanella'' is a genus of karyorelict ciliates, belonging to family

Loxodidae Loxodidae is a family of karyorelict ciliates. Loxodidae members possess an elongated, laterally flattened shape. They share two key characters: a beak-like anterior rostrum interrupting the perioral kineties, and peculiar cytoplasmic organelle ...

. Whereas ''Remanella'' inhabits brackish and marine waters, '' Loxodes'' – the other loxodid genus – is a freshwater taxon.

Etymology

The genus name is a

patronym A patronymic, or patronym, is a component of a personal name based on the given name of one's father, grandfather (more specifically an avonymic), or an earlier male ancestor. It is the male equivalent of a matronymic. Patronymics are used, ...

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 Paraphyly is a taxonomic term describing a grouping that consists of the grouping's last common ancestor and some but not all of its descendant lineages. The grouping is said to be paraphyletic ''with respect to'' the excluded subgroups. In co ...

with respect to a

monophyletic In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria: # the grouping contains its own most recent co ...

genus ''Loxodes'' but this result is not strongly supported.

Species list

At least 18 species are recognized in the genus ''Remanella'':

References

External links

* ' {{Taxonbar, from=Q25363938 Karyorelictea Ciliate genera