{{Short description|Genus of roundworms}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Protorhabditis | authority = Osche, 1952<ref>Osche, G., 1952.— "Systematik und Phylogenie der Gattung Rhabditis (Nematoda)". Zool. Jb. (Abt. 1), 81, 190–280.</ref>(Osche in Dougherty, 1955)<ref>The Genera and Species of the Subfamily Rhabditinae Micoletzky, 1922 (Nematoda): a Nomenclatorial Analysis—including an Addendum on the Composition of the Family Rhabditidae Örley, 1880. Ellsworth C. Dougherty, Journal of Helminthology, Volume 29, Issue 3, September 1955, pages 105-152, {{doi|10.1017/S0022149X00024317}}</ref> | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = * ''Protorhabditis anthobia'' * ''Protorhabditis minuta'' * ''Protorhabditis tristis'' * ''Protorhabditis xylocola'' }}
'''''Protorhabditis''''' is a genus of nematodes in the family Rhabditidae.
== Phylogenetic studies == The analysis of sequences of three nuclear genes shows that the ''Protorhabditis'', ''Diploscapter'' and ''Prodontorhabditis'' genera group together to form the 'Protorhabditis' group, the sister group of the ''Caenorhabditis'' species, all included in the 'Eurhabditis' group of Rhabditidae genera.<ref>The phylogenetic relationships of Caenorhabditis and other rhabditids. Karin Kiontke and David H. A. Fitch, Wormbook, 2005, {{ doi|10.1895/wormbook.1.11.1}}</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}} * {{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.eol.org/pages/58970/overview |title=''Protorhabditis'' |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Life}}
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Category:Rhabditidae Category:Rhabditida genera
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