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Illustration from Report on the Radiolaria collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876. Part III, Ernst Haeckel (1834-1919), engravings by Adolf Giltsch (1852-1911), 1887. Plate 113. Castanellida.
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Genus: | Castanidium Haeckel, 1879 |
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Castanidium is a genus of cercozoans in the family Castanellidae.
C. elegans most commonly refers to the model round worm Caenorhabditis elegans. It may also refer to any of the species below. They are listed, first in taxonomic order and, second, alphabetically.
Castanidium elegans is a species of cercozoans in the family Castanellidae. It is found in the Sargasso Sea and in the current around the Canary Islands.