Caenorhabditis plicata
Species of worm
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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.
| Caenorhabditis plicata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. plicata |
| Binomial name | |
| Caenorhabditis plicata (Völk, 1950) | |
| Synonyms | |
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]
