Caenorhabditis plicata
Caenorhabditis plicata is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. It was described on carrion in Germany and is phoretic on carrion visiting beetles.
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Its genome was sequenced by the University of Edinburgh.
C. plicata groups with C. sp. 1 (Caenorhabditis monodelphis) outside either the 'Drosophilae' or the 'Elegans' supergroups in phylogenetic studies.[2]
References
- Völk J. Die Nematoden der Regenwürmer und aasbesuchenden Käfer. Zool. b. Syst. (1950);79, pages 1–70
- A Streamlined System for Species Diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with Name Designations for 15 Distinct Biological Species. Marie-Anne Félix, Christian Braendle and Asher D. Cutter, PLOS, April 11, 2014, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094723
External links
- "Caenorhabditis plicata" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- Caenorhabditis plicata at fauna-eu.org
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