Auanema is a genus of halophilic roundworms from the family Rhabditidae, first described by a group of biologists in 2017.[1] It is found in Mono Lake in the US state of California, a lake of high salinity and can survive a level of arsenic dosage that is lethal to human.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Auanema Kanzaki et al, 2017 |
Description
editAuanema can survive in environments with an arsenic dosage of 500 times the lethal dosage for human.[2] Certain species of this genus were observed to have three sexes: male, female and hermaphrodite.[3]
Species
editThe genus has the following five species:[4]
- Auanema freiburgensis Kanzaki et al, 2017
- Auanema reciproca Sudhaus, 1974
- Auanema rhodensis Kanzaki et al, 2017
- Auanema seurati Maupas, 1916
- Auanema viguieri Maupas, 1916
References
edit- ^ Kanzaki, Natsumi; Kiontke, Karin; Tanaka, Ryusei; Hirooka, Yuuri; Schwarz, Anna; Müller-Reichert, Thomas; Chaudhuri, Jyotiska; Pires-daSilva, Andre (11 September 2017). "Description of two three-gendered nematode species in the new genus Auanema (Rhabditina) that are models for reproductive mode evolution". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 11135. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09871-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5593846. PMID 28894108.
- ^ a b Shih, Pei-Yin; Lee, James Siho; Shinya, Ryoji; Kanzaki, Natsumi; Pires-daSilva, Andre; Badroos, Jean Marie; Goetz, Elizabeth; Sapir, Amir; Sternberg, Paul W. (7 October 2019). "Newly Identified Nematodes from Mono Lake Exhibit Extreme Arsenic Resistance". Current Biology. 29 (19): 3339–3344.e4. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.08.024. ISSN 0960-9822.
- ^ "New Species of Microscopic Worm Has Three Sexes, Lives in Arsenic-Rich Lake | Sci.News". Sci.News: Breaking Science News. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ^ "WoRMS Taxon list". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 25 October 2023.