Rhabditidae Explained

The Rhabditidae are a family of nematodes which includes the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans.

Genera

Bursilla

• Bursilla monhysteria (Butschli, 1873)

Caenorhabditis

• Caenorhabditis brenneri Sudhaus & Kiontke, 2007
• Caenorhabditis briggsae
• Caenorhabditis dolichura
• Caenorhabditis elegans Maupas, 1900
• Caenorhabditis rara

Diploscapter

Genus Diploscapter

• Diploscapter bicornis
• Diploscapter coronata (Cobb, 1893)
• Diploscapter lycostoma
• Diploscapter pachys

Halicephalobus

• Halicephalobus gingivalis (Stefanski, 1954) Andrássy, 1984^[1]
• Halicephalobus mephisto Borgonie, García-Moyano, Litthauer, Bert, Bester, van Heerden, Möller, Erasmus & Onstott, 2011 ^[2]
• Halicephalobus similigaster (Andrássy, 1952)^[3]

Macramphis

• Macramphis stercorarius

Mesorhabditis

• Mesorhabditis acris
• Mesorhabditis irregularis
• Mesorhabditis oschei
• Mesorhabditis spiculigera

Neorhabditus

• Neorhabditus flagellicaudatus

Parasitorhabditus

• Parasitorhabditus acuminati
• Parasitorhabditus crypturgophila
• Parasitorhabditus obtusa
• Parasitorhabditus opaci

Pelodera

• Pelodera chitwoodi (Bassen, 1940)
• Pelodera conica
• Pelodera kolbi
• Pelodera punctata (Cobb, 1914)
• Pelodera strongyloides
• Pelodera teres (Schneider, 1866)
• Pelodera voelki

Phasmarhabditis

• Phasmarhabditis apuliae
• Phasmarhabditis bohemica
• Phasmarhabditis bonaquaense
• Phasmarhabditis californica
• Phasmarhabditis hermaphrodita (Schneider)
• Phasmarhabditis huizhouensis
• Phasmarhabditis neopapillosa
• Phasmarhabditis nidrosiensis
• Phasmarhabditis papillosa
• Phasmarhabditis tawfiki
• Phasmarhabditis valida

Poikilolaimus

• Poikilolaimus ernstmayri
• Poikilolaimus micoletzkyi
• Poikilolaimus piniperdae

Protorhabditis

• Protorhabditis anthobia
• Protorhabditis minuta
• Protorhabditis tristis
• Protorhabditis xylocola

Rhabditis

• Rhabditis aberrans
• Rhabditis marina
• Rhabditis maxima
• Rhabditis necromena
• Rhabditis sylvatica
• Rhabditis terricola

Rhabditoides

• Rhabditoides frugicola
• Rhabditoides giardi
• Rhabditoides inermis
• Rhabditoides longispina

Rhabditophanes

• Rhabditophanes aphodii
• Rhabditophanes insolitus
• Rhabditophanes schneideri

Rhitis

• Rhitis inermis Andrassy, 1982

Teratorhabditis

• Teratorhabditis boettgeri
• Teratorhabditis coroniger
• Teratorhabditis dentifera

Phylogenetic studies

The analysis of sequences of three nuclear genes shows that the Diploscapter, Protorhabditis and Prodontorhabditis genera group together to form the 'Protorhabditis' group, the sister group of the Caenorhabditis species, all included in the 'Eurhabditis' group of Rhabditidae genera.^[4]

References

• Encyclopedia: Rhabditidae . Encyclopedia of Life.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Halicephalobus gingivalis (Stefanski, 1954) Andrássy, 1984 . . Paul . Deley.
2. Nematoda from the terrestrial deep subsurface of South Africa. Borgonie G, García-Moyano A, Litthauer D, Bert W, Bester A, van Heerden E, Möller C, Erasmus M, Onstott TC . . 7349 . 79–82 . 10.1038/nature09974 . 474 . 21637257 . June 2011. 1854/LU-1269676 . 4399763 . free .
3. Description of Halicephalobus similigaster (Andrássy, 1952) and a comparison with its junior synonyms H. minutus (Körner, 1954) syn. n. and H. parvus (Körner, 1954) syn. n. (Nematoda: Panagrolaimidae) . Arne . Köhler . Nematology . 13 . 3 . 2011 . 287–293 . 10.1163/138855410X518489.
4. The phylogenetic relationships of Caenorhabditis and other rhabditids. Karin Kiontke and David H. A. Fitch, Wormbook, 2005,