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Caenorhabditis remanei is a free-living, transparent nematode (roundworm), about 1 mm in length.

Ecology
The different Caenorhabditis species occupy various nutrient and bacteria rich environments. They do not form self-sustaining populations in soil, as it lacks enough organic matter. Most laboratory strains were found in human-altered situations like gardens and compost piles. C. remanei is regularly found in fresh compost in Germany (type locality) and North America, and was once found in association with the snail Fruticicola sieboldiana on Kyushu, Japan. The species was also found in a pile of bird pellets and in decomposing wood populated with isopods and millipedes. One population was observed in slime discharged by the stump of a maple tree which was recently cut down.