Caenorhabditis inopinata - prior to 2017 referred to as C. sp.

- is a sister species to C. elegans (it is classified in the 'Elegans' supergroup).

[1] The specific epithet comes from the Latin inopinus (“unexpected”).

This gonochoristic (male-female) species was isolated from figs (Ficus septica) and fig wasps in Ishigaki Island, in Japan.

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