''Caenorhabditis yunquensis'' is a species of nematodes in the genus ''
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 ...
''. Prior to 2014, it was referred to as ''C. sp. 19''. The single isolate of this species is from
El Yunque, Puerto Rico
El Yunque or El Yunque Peak (Spanish: ''Pico El Yunque'') (Taíno: ''Yukiyu'') is a mountain located fully within the boundaries of the El Yunque National Forest, part of the U.S. Forest Service, which is the only tropical rainforest under the U ...
.
This species groups with ''
C. nouraguensis'' in the 'Japonica' group, the sister clade to the 'Elegans' group, in the 'Elegans' supergroup.
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Fauna of Puerto Rico
Nematodes described in 2014
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