Caenorhabditis japonica

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| genus = Caenorhabditis

| species = japonica

| authority = Kiontke et al, 2002

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Caenorhabditis japonica is a species of nematodes in the genus Caenorhabditis. Its genome was sequenced by the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine. This gonochoristic species is found in the 'Japonica' group, the sister clade to the 'Elegans' group, in the 'Elegans' supergroup.

In the wild, this species is found non-parasitically associated with the burrower bugs Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae)Description of Caenorhabditis japonica n. sp. (Nematoda: Rhabditida) associated with the burrower bug Parastrachia japonensis (Heteroptera: Cydnidae) in Japan. Karin Kiontke, Mantaro Hironaka and Walter Sudhaus, Nematology, Volume 4, Issue 8, pages 933–941, 2002, {{doi|10.1163/156854102321122557}} and may be able to enter the dauer stage regardless of food and crowding conditions.Species-specific recognition of the carrier insect by dauer larvae of the nematode Caenorhabditis japonica. Etsuko Okumura, Ryusei Tanaka and Toyoshi Yoshiga, Journal of Experimental Biology, 2013, volume 216, pages 568-572, {{doi|10.1242/jeb.073593}}Low survivorship of dauer larva in the nematode Caenorhabditis japonica, a potential comparative system for a model organism, C. elegans. Ryusei Tanaka, Etsuko Okumura, Natsumi Kanzaki and Toyoshi Yoshiga, Experimental Gerontology, Volume 47, Issue 5, May 2012, Pages 388–393, {{doi|10.1016/j.exger.2012.03.001}}