Caenorhabditis plicata
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. plicata
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| Binomial name | |
| Caenorhabditis plicata (Völk, 1950)
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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.
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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- "Caenorhabditis plicata". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Caenorhabditis plicata at fauna-eu.org
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