''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
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Karyorelictea
Ciliate genera