Caenorhabditis
Translingual
editEtymology
editFrom caeno- + Rhabditis, from Ancient Greek καινός (kainós, “new, fresh”) and ῥάβδος (rhábdos, “rod, wand”) + -ῖτις (-îtis, “a member of”, feminine form of -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)).
Proper noun
editCaenorhabditis f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Rhabditidae – many nematodes, some of which are model organisms in genetics.
Hypernyms
edit- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Nematoda – phylum; Chromadorea – class; Rhabditida – order; Rhabditina – suborder; Rhabditomorpha – infraorder; Rhabditidae – family; Peloderinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
edit- (genus): Caenorhabditis elegans - species used as model organism of nematodes
References
edit- Caenorhabditis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Caenorhabditis on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- 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