Caenorhabditis guadeloupensis

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
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Rhabditidae
Genus: Caenorhabditis
Species:
C. guadeloupensis
Binomial name
Caenorhabditis guadeloupensis
Félix, Marie-Anne; Braendle, Christian; Cutter, Asher D., 2014[1]
Synonyms

Caenorhabditis sp. 20

This species is at the basis of the 'Drosophilae' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.

References

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  1. ^ 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