Protorhabditis is a genus of nematodes in the family Rhabditidae.

Protorhabditis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Rhabditidae
Genus: Protorhabditis
Osche, 1952[1](Osche in Dougherty, 1955)[2]
Species

Phylogenetic studies

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The analysis of sequences of three nuclear genes shows that the Protorhabditis, Diploscapter and Prodontorhabditis genera group together to form the 'Protorhabditis' group, the sister group of the Caenorhabditis species, all included in the 'Eurhabditis' group of Rhabditidae genera.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Osche, G., 1952.— "Systematik und Phylogenie der Gattung Rhabditis (Nematoda)". Zool. Jb. (Abt. 1), 81, 190–280.
  2. ^ The Genera and Species of the Subfamily Rhabditinae Micoletzky, 1922 (Nematoda): a Nomenclatorial Analysis—including an Addendum on the Composition of the Family Rhabditidae Örley, 1880. Ellsworth C. Dougherty, Journal of Helminthology, Volume 29, Issue 3, September 1955, pages 105-152, doi:10.1017/S0022149X00024317
  3. ^ The phylogenetic relationships of Caenorhabditis and other rhabditids. Karin Kiontke and David H. A. Fitch, Wormbook, 2005, doi:10.1895/wormbook.1.11.1