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'''''Caenorhabditis elegans''''' is a free-living transparent nematode about 1 mm in length<ref> | '''''Caenorhabditis elegans''''' is a free-living transparent nematode worm about 1 mm in length<ref> | ||
{{cite book | last = Wood | first = WB | year = 1988 | title = The Nematode ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' | page = 1 | publisher = [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press]] | isbn = 978-0-87969-433-3 }}</ref> that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0469.1996.tb00827.x |title=Phylogeny of ''Rhabditis'' subgenus ''Caenorhabditis'' (Rhabditidae, Nematoda) |journal=Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=217–233 |year=2009 | vauthors = Sudhaus W, Kiontke K }}</ref> The name is a blend of the Greek ''caeno-'' (recent), ''rhabditis'' (rod-like)<ref>καινός (caenos) = new, recent; ῥάβδος (rhabdos) = rod, wand.</ref> and Latin ''elegans'' (elegant). In 1900, Maupas initially named it ''Rhabditides elegans.'' Osche placed it in the subgenus ''Caenorhabditis'' in 1952, and in 1955, Dougherty raised ''Caenorhabditis'' to the status of genus.<ref> | {{cite book | last = Wood | first = WB | year = 1988 | title = The Nematode ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' | page = 1 | publisher = [[Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press]] | isbn = 978-0-87969-433-3 }}</ref> that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1111/j.1439-0469.1996.tb00827.x |title=Phylogeny of ''Rhabditis'' subgenus ''Caenorhabditis'' (Rhabditidae, Nematoda) |journal=Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research |volume=34 |issue=4 |pages=217–233 |year=2009 | vauthors = Sudhaus W, Kiontke K }}</ref> The name is a blend of the Greek ''caeno-'' (recent), ''rhabditis'' (rod-like)<ref>καινός (caenos) = new, recent; ῥάβδος (rhabdos) = rod, wand.</ref> and Latin ''elegans'' (elegant). In 1900, Maupas initially named it ''Rhabditides elegans.'' Osche placed it in the subgenus ''Caenorhabditis'' in 1952, and in 1955, Dougherty raised ''Caenorhabditis'' to the status of genus.<ref> | ||
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