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Pristionchus borbonicus

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Species of roundworm

Pristionchus borbonicus
Electron microscopy image of one of the five alternative morphs of P. borbonicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Rhabditida
Family: Diplogastridae
Genus: Pristionchus
Species: P. borbonicus
Binomial name
Pristionchus borbonicus
Susoy, Kanzaki, Herrmann, Ragsdale & Sommer, 2016

Pristionchus borbonicus is a species of free-living nematodes (roundworms) in the family Diplogastridae. The species was described from Réunion Island, and is notable for developing one of five different mouth forms depending on available food sources. Pristionchus borbonicus and related species have symbiotic relationships with fig plants and their pollinator wasps.

References

  1. ^ Susoy, Vladislav; Herrmann, Matthias; Kanzaki, Natsumi; Kruger, Meike; Nguyen, Chau N.; Rödelsperger, Christian; Röseler, Waltraud; Weiler, Christian; Giblin-Davis, Robin M.; Ragsdale, Erik J.; Sommer, Ralf J. (2016). "Large-scale diversification without genetic isolation in nematode symbionts of figs". Science Advances. 2 (1): e1501031. doi:10.1126/sciadv.1501031. PMC 4730855. PMID 26824073.
  2. "New Worm Species Has Five Faces : DNews". DNews. 2016-01-04. Retrieved 2016-01-05.
Taxon identifiers
Pristionchus borbonicus


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