Caenorhabditis guadeloupensis is a species of nematodes, in the same genus as the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans. This species was collected from rotten Heliconia flowers on the Soufrière Forest trail, in Guadeloupe, France.
Caenorhabditis guadeloupensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Rhabditidae |
Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
Species: | C. guadeloupensis
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Binomial name | |
Caenorhabditis guadeloupensis Félix, Marie-Anne; Braendle, Christian; Cutter, Asher D., 2014[1]
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Synonyms | |
Caenorhabditis sp. 20 |
This species is at the basis of the 'Drosophilae' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.
References
edit- ^ Félix, Marie-Anne; Braendle, Christian; Cutter, Asher D. (April 11, 2014). "A Streamlined System for Species Diagnosis in Caenorhabditis (Nematoda: Rhabditidae) with Name Designations for 15 Distinct Biological Species". PLOS ONE. 9: e94723, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0094723