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Chronogaster elegans

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Species of roundworm

Chronogaster elegans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Nematoda
Class: Chromadorea
Order: Araeolaimida
Family: Leptolaimidae
Genus: Chronogaster
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Chronogaster elegans
Raski & Maggenti, 1984

Chronogaster elegans is a species of nematodes. It is found in fresh water in the USA.

The Encyclopedia of Life (eol) places the genus in the order Araeolaimida and the family Leptolaimidae whereas Wikispecies and the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) place the genus in the order Plectida, superfamily Plectoidea and family Chronogastridae, where it is the type genus of the family.

References

  1. Raski, D. J. & Maggenti, A. R. (1984). Four new species of Chronogaster Cobb, 1913 (Nemata: Plectidae) with a key to species of the genus. Nematologica. 30 (2), pages 117-130, doi:10.1163/187529284X00013

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Taxon identifiers
Chronogaster elegans


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