Caenorhabditis elegans

Caenorhabditis elegans (Hermaphrodite)

Caenorhabditis elegans (♂)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rhabditomorpha
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Cycloneuralia Cladus: Nematoida Phylum: Nematoda Classis: Chromadorea Ordo: Rhabditida Subordo: Rhabditina Infraordo: Rhabditomorpha

Familia: Rhabditidae
Genus: Caenorhabditis
Species: Caenorhabditis elegans
Subspecies: Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bergerac - Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bristol
Strains: Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bergerac BO - Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bristol N2

Name

Caenorhabditis elegans (Maupas, 1900) Dougherty, 1955

Synonyms

• Rhabditides elegans Maupas, 1900
• Rhabditides (Caenorhabditis) elegans Osche, 1952

Vernacular names

العربية: ربداء رشيقة
čeština: Háďátko obecné
English: Roundworm
eesti: Varbuss
한국어: 꼬마 선충
ئۇيغۇرچە / Uyghurche: سازاڭسىمان مەددە
中文: 秀麗隱桿線蟲

Distribution

Cosmopolite, rare in the tropics.

Natural habitat:
Free living. Can be found in compost heaps. Feeds on bacteria.

Many strains adapted to life on Petri dishes in labs exist.

References

• Maupas, É. 1900. Modes et formes de reproduction des nématodes. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale 8: 463–624.
• Nigon V., 1949. Les modalités de la reproduction et le déterminisme du sexe chez quelques nématodes libres. Annales des Sciences Naturelles. Zoologie et Biologie Animale 11: 1–132.
• Osche G., 1952. Systematik und Phylogenie der Gattung Rhabditis (Nematoda). Zoologische Jahrbücher (Abt. 1), 81, pages 190–280.
• Dion, M. & Brun J.L. 1971. Cartographie génique du Nématode libre Caenorhabditis elegans, Maupas 1900, variété Bergerac. Molecular and General Genetics MGG 112(2): 133–151. DOI: 10.1007/BF00267491.
• Harris L.J. & Rose A.M., 1989. Structural analysis of Tc1 elements in Caenorhabditis elegans var. Bristol (strain N2). Plasmid 22(1): 10–21. DOI: 10.1016/0147-619x(89)90031-0, PMID: 2550981.

Links

• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Animal Diversity Web (ADW).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Biological Library (BioLib).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on EPPO code.
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Fauna Europaea.
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).
• Caenorhabditis elegans - Taxon details on iNaturalist.

• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Index to Organism Names (ION).

• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Interim Register of Marine and Non-marine Genera (IRMNG).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on The Taxonomicon.
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer (uBio).
• Caenorhabditis elegans – Taxon details on World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).

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• Caenorhabditis elegans - Taxon details on WormBase

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