Mesorhabditis acidophila

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Taxonavigation

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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: Mesorhabditis
Species: Mesorhabditis acidophila

Name

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Mesorhabditis acidophila Borgonie, Dierick, Houthoofd, Willems, Jacobs & Bert 2010

Type locality

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(17°26'46"N, 92°46'42"W): Cueva de Villa Luz, situated about 2 km south of the pueblo of Tapijulapa, Municipio de Tacotalpa, Tabasco, Mexico, on the northern edge of the Chiapas Highlands.

Type Material

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Holotype

  • 6 males (paratypes) deposited in the collection at the Museum voor Dierkunde (collection number UGMD 104181) Ghent University, Belgium.
  • One paratype female and one paratype male deposited at the University of the Free State Bloemfontein, Republic of South Africa (collection number UFS GB0032)

References

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  • Borgonie G, Dierick M, Houthoofd W, Willems M, Jacobs P, Bert W, 2010. Refuge From Predation, the Benefit of Living in an Extreme Acidic Environment? The Biological Bulletin 219:268-76 (full text)