Mesorhabditis acidophila

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: Mesorhabditis
Species: Mesorhabditis acidophila

Name

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

Type locality

(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

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

• 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)