It was first collected by J. Raschka in Berlin, Germany in 2001.

[2] It is a free-living species found in galleries inside of the fungus Ganoderma applanatum (Polyporaceae) which grew on the stump of a tree a few centimeters above ground.

[3] It is phoretic on beetles of the species Cis castaneus.

1) groups with Caenorhabditis plicata outside either the 'Drosophilae' or the 'Elegans' supergroups in phylogenetic studies.

[citation needed] Several strains are known and kept in labs.