Caenorhabditis latens is a species of nematode. Prior to 2014, it was referred to as Caenorhabditis sp. 23.[1] The reference strain VX88 was isolated from soil near a lotus pond, and strain VX85 was isolated from soil under rotten grass in Juifeng Village, Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.
| Caenorhabditis latens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. latens |
| Binomial name | |
| Caenorhabditis latens Félix, Marie-Anne; Braendle, Christian; Cutter, Asher D., 2014 | |
| Synonyms | |
C. sp. 23 | |
This species groups with C. remanei in the 'Elegans' supergroup in phylogenetic studies [2]
References
External links
- Strain VX85 at Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, University of Minnesota
- Strain VX88 at Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, University of Minnesota
- RhabditinaDB at Department of Biology, New York University