Caenorhabditis

From caeno- +‎ Rhabditis, from Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, fresh”) and ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) +‎ -ῖτις (-îtis, “a member of”, feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)).

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1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabditidae – many nematodes, some of which are model organisms in genetics.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Rhabditida – order; Rhabditina – suborder; Rhabditomorpha – infraorder; Rhabditidae – family; Peloderinae - subfamily

• (genus): Caenorhabditis elegans - species used as model organism of nematodes

• Caenorhabditis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Caenorhabditis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Caenorhabditis on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Caenorhabditis at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Caenorhabditis at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Caenorhabditis at World Register of Marine Species