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 Nonmarine 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).

Caenorhabditis elegans - Taxon details on WormBase

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