Remanella

Remanella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Postciliodesmatophora
Class: Karyorelictea
Order: Loxodida
Family: Loxodidae
Genus: Remanella
Foissner, 1996
Species

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Remanella is a genus of karyorelict ciliates, belonging to family Loxodidae. Whereas Remanella inhabits brackish and marine waters, Loxodes – the other loxodid 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.

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:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Foissner, Wilhelm (1996). "A redescription of Remanella multinucleata (Kahl, 1933) nov. gen., nov. comb. (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea), emphasizing the infraciliature and extrusomes". European Journal of Protistology. 32 (2): 234–250. doi:10.1016/S0932-4739(96)80023-X.
  2. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Remanella Foissner, 1996". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2017-02-15.
  3. ↑ Kim, Ji-Hye; Kwon, Choon-Bong; Yoon, Jae-Sool; Shin, Mann-Kyoon (2009). "First Record of Three Loxodes Ciliates (Ciliophora: Loxodida: Loxodidae) from Korea". Animal Systematics, Evolution and Diversity. 25 (3): 301–308. doi:10.5635/kjsz.2009.25.3.301.
  4. ↑ Xu, Yuan; Gao, Shan; Hu, Xiaozhong; Al-Rasheid, Khaled A. S.; Song, Weibo (2013-08-01). "Phylogeny and systematic revision of the karyorelictid genus Remanella (Ciliophora, Karyorelictea) with descriptions of two new species". European Journal of Protistology. 49 (3): 438–452. doi:10.1016/j.ejop.2012.12.001. PMID 23434324.