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Table 1 Summary of Caenorhabditis species and isolates isolated from different localities in French Guiana

From: Species richness, distribution and genetic diversity of Caenorhabditis nematodes in a remote tropical rainforest

Species

Mode of reproduction*

Number of isolates

Locations in French Guiana (No. of isolates)

Known distribution

C. briggsae

androdioecy

62

Nouragues (54), Montagne des Singes (6), Montabo (1), Petit Saut (1)

Cosmopolitan

C. sp. 11

androdioecy

31

Nouragues (30), Kaw mountain (1)

Cosmopolitan, tropical

C. brenneri

gonochorism

13

Nouragues (9), Montabo (1), Comté riverbank (1), Cacao (2)

Cosmopolitan, tropical

C. sp. 17

gonochorism

30

Nouragues (28), Montagne des Singes (2)

French Guiana

C. sp. 18

gonochorism

13

Nouragues (13)

Nouragues

C. sp. 12

gonochorism

2

Nouragues (2)

Nouragues

  1. *androdioecy = self-fertile hermaphrodites and males, gonochorism = females and males.