Remanella

Remanella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
(unranked): SAR
(unranked): Alveolata
Phylum: Ciliophora
Subphylum: Postciliodesmatophora
Class: Karyorelictea
Order: Loxodida
Family: Loxodidae
Genus: Remanella
Foissner, 1996[1]

Remanella is a genus of karyorelict ciliates, belonging to family Loxodidae.[1][2] Whereas Remanella inhabits brackish and marine waters, Loxodes – the other loxodid genus – is a freshwater taxon.[3]

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.[1]

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.[4]

Species list

At least 18 species are recognized in the genus Remanella:[2]

  • 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 margaritifera Kahl, 1933
  • Remanella microstoma Dragesco, 1953
  • Remanella minuta Dragesco, 1954
  • Remanella multicorpusculata Vacelet, 1961
  • Remanella multinucleate 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

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: 234–250.
  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.
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