Auanema rhodensis

Auanema rhodensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Nematoda
Class:	Chromadorea
Order:	Rhabditida
Family:	Rhabditidae
Genus:	Auanema
Species:	A. rhodensis
Binomial name
	Auanema rhodensis; Kanzaki, Kiontke, Tanaka, Hirooka, Schwarz, Muller Reichert, Chaudhuri & Pires Da Silva, 2017

Last updated September 28, 2025

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]

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.
1 2 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.

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[GBIF-1] "Auanema rhodensis Kanzaki, Kiontke, Tanaka, Hirooka, Schwarz, Muller Reichert, Chaudhuri & Pires Da Silva, 2017". Global Biodiversity Information Facility . Retrieved 19 September 2025.

[Tandonnet-2019-2] 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.

[Kanzaki-2017-3] 1 2 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.

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