''Caenorhabditis latens'' is a species of

nematode The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...

. Prior to 2014, it was referred to as ''

Caenorhabditis ''Caenorhabditis'' is a genus of nematodes which live in bacteria-rich environments like compost piles, decaying dead animals and rotting fruit. The name comes from Greek: caeno- ( () = new, recent); rhabditis = rod-like ( () = rod, wand). The ...

sp. 23''. The reference strain VX88 was isolated from soil near a lotus pond, and strain VX85 was isolated from soil under rotten grass in Juifeng Village,

Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

City, Hubei Province, China. This species groups with '' C. remanei'' in the 'Elegans' supergroup in phylogenetic studies.Kiontke, Karin; Félix, Marie-Anne, Ailion, Michael; Rockman, Matthew V.; Braendle, Christian; Pénigault, Jean-Baptiste; Fitch, David H. A. (21 November 2011). "A phylogeny and molecular barcodes for ''Caenorhabditis'', with numerous new species from rotting fruits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11:339,

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Strain VX85
at Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, University of Minnesota
Strain VX88
at Caenorhabditis Genetics Center, University of Minnesota
RhabditinaDB
at Department of Biology, New York University latens Nematodes described in 2014 Fauna of China {{Rhabditida-stub