Remanella

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: • Remanella achroma Xu et al, 2013

• Remanella brunnea Kahl, 1933

• Remanella caudate Dragesco, 1953

• Remanella dragescoi Agamaliev, 1966

• Remanella faurei Dragesco, 1954

• Remanella gigas Dragesco, 1954

• Remanella granulosa Kahl, 1933

• Remanella levii Dragesco, 1960

• Remanella macrostona Xu et al, 2013

• Remanella margaritifera Kahl, 1933

• Remanella microstoma Dragesco, 1953

• Remanella minuta Dragesco, 1954

• Remanella multicorpusculata Vacelet, 1961

• Remanella multinucleata Kahl, 1933

• Remanella obtusa Fauré-Fremiet, 1951

• Remanella rugosa Kahl, 1933

• Remanella swedmarki Dragesco, 1953

• Remanella trichocysta Dragesco, 1953

• Remanella unicorpusculata (Kahl, 1933) Dragesco, 1965

• Remanella unirugosa Hartwig, 1973