Diploscapter Explained

Diploscapter is a genus of nematodes in the family Rhabditidae.

Phylogenetic studies

The genus Diploscapter groups with the genera Protorhabditis and Prodontorhabditis to form the 'Protorhabditis' group, the sister group of the Caenorhabditis species, all included in the 'Eurhabditis' group of Rhabditidae genera.^[1]

References

• Potential role of Diploscapter sp. strain LKC25, a bacterivorous nematode from soil, as a vector of food-borne pathogenic bacteria to preharvest fruits and vegetables. DS Gibbs, GL Anderson, LR Beuchat, LK Carta… - Applied and environmental …, 2005
• Diploscapter coronata as a facultative parasite of man, with a general review of vertebrate parasitism by rhabditoid worms. AC Chandler - Parasitology, 1938
• Postembryonic development and reproduction in Diploscapter coronata (Nematoda: Rhabditidae). HC HECHLER - Proceedings of the helminthological Society of …, 1968

Notes and References

1. The phylogenetic relationships of Caenorhabditis and other rhabditids. Karin Kiontke and David H. A. Fitch, Wormbook, 2005,