Caenorhabditis inopinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Rhabditidae |
Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
Species: | C. inopinata
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Binomial name | |
Caenorhabditis inopinata N. Kanzaki, 2013
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Caenorhabditis inopinata - prior to 2017 referred to as C. sp. 34. - is a sister species to C. elegans (it is classified in the 'Elegans' supergroup). [1]
The specific epithet comes from the Latin inopinus (“unexpected”).
This gonochoristic (male-female) species was isolated from figs ( Ficus septica) and fig wasps in Ishigaki Island, in Japan. It was recovered by N. Kanzaki in 2013. [2] It is a larger species than C. elegans.
Its genome is being sequenced at the University of Miyazaki. [3]
Caenorhabditis inopinata | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Nematoda |
Class: | Chromadorea |
Order: | Rhabditida |
Family: | Rhabditidae |
Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
Species: | C. inopinata
|
Binomial name | |
Caenorhabditis inopinata N. Kanzaki, 2013
|
Caenorhabditis inopinata - prior to 2017 referred to as C. sp. 34. - is a sister species to C. elegans (it is classified in the 'Elegans' supergroup). [1]
The specific epithet comes from the Latin inopinus (“unexpected”).
This gonochoristic (male-female) species was isolated from figs ( Ficus septica) and fig wasps in Ishigaki Island, in Japan. It was recovered by N. Kanzaki in 2013. [2] It is a larger species than C. elegans.
Its genome is being sequenced at the University of Miyazaki. [3]