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| Caenorhabditis virilis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Caenorhabditis |
| Species: | C. virilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Caenorhabditis virilis Félix, Braendle & Cutter, 2014
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| Strains | |
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JU1528 | |
| Synonyms | |
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C. sp. 13 | |
Caenorhabditis virilis is a species of nematodes in the genus of Caenorhabditis. The type isolate JU1528 was collected in an orchard in Orsay, France.
Prior to 2014, it was referred to as C. sp. 13.[1] It groups with C. portoensis (sp. 6) in the 'Drosophilae' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.[2]