Auanema rhodensis
| Auanema rhodensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Rhabditidae |
| Genus: | Auanema |
| Species: | A. rhodensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Auanema rhodensis Kanzaki, Kiontke, Tanaka, Hirooka, Schwarz, Muller Reichert, Chaudhuri & Pires Da Silva, 2017[1]
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Auanema rhodensis is a three-sexed,[2] free living, non-parasitic nematode. It was isolated and discovered within deer ticks in 2017[3] after they had already consumed some blood. It is known to be able to eat bacterial biofilm.[3] Females are larger (980–1214 μm) than males (595–737 μm).[3]
References
- ^ "Auanema rhodensis Kanzaki, Kiontke, Tanaka, Hirooka, Schwarz, Muller Reichert, Chaudhuri & Pires Da Silva, 2017". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Tandonnet, Sophie; Koutsovoulos, Georgios D.; Adams, Sally; Cloarec, Delphine; Parihar, Manish; Blaxter, Mark L.; Pires-daSilva, Andre (2019-04-09). "Chromosome-Wide Evolution and Sex Determination in the Three-Sexed Nematode Auanema rhodensis". G3. 9 (4): 1211–1230. doi:10.1534/g3.119.0011. ISSN 2160-1836. PMC 6469403. PMID 30770412.
- ^ a b c Kanzaki, Natsumi; Kiontke, Karin; Tanaka, Ryusei; Hirooka, Yuuri; Schwarz, Anna; Müller-Reichert, Thomas; Chaudhuri, Jyotiska; Pires-daSilva, Andre (2017-09-11). "Description of two three-gendered nematode species in the new genus Auanema (Rhabditina) that are models for reproductive mode evolution". Scientific Reports. 7 (1): 11135. Bibcode:2017NatSR...711135K. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-09871-1. ISSN 2045-2322. PMC 5593846. PMID 28894108.