Field studies reveal a close relative of C. elegans thrives in the fresh figs of Ficus septica and disperses on its Ceratosolen pollinating wasps

Table 2 Caenorhabditis inopinata occupancy and pollination status among Ficus septica figs in 2016: plants without C. inopinata

Island	Plants^a	Figs^b	Pollinated figs^c	Unpollinated figs^d	Figs without C. inopinata^f
Iriomote	8	8	7 (0.87)	1 (0.13)	8
Ishigaki	18	20	19 (0.95)	1 (0.05)	20
Miyako	4	22	4 (0.18)	18 (0.82)	22
Yonaguni	13	16	16 (1)	0 (0)	16
Total	43	66	46 (0.70)	20 (0.30)	66

^aThe number of F. septica plants from which figs were picked and dissected yet none harbored C. inopinata. This includes all such plants, regardless of fig pollination status
^bThe number of dissected F. septica figs from plants that did not harbor C. inopinata, regardless of pollination status
^cThe number of dissected, pollinated F. septica figs from plants that did not harbor Caenorhabditis inopinata. Fraction of all figs from plants that did not harbor C. inopinata (denominator in Column 3) in parentheses
^dThe number of dissected, unpollinated F. septica figs from plants that did not harbor Caenorhabditis inopinata. Fraction of all figs from plants that did not harbor C. inopinata (denominator in Column 3) in parentheses
^eThe number of dissected F. septica figs harboring C. inopinata from plants that did not harbor C. inopinata
^fThe number of dissected F. septica figs not harboring C. inopinata from plants that did not harbor Caenorhabditis inopinata

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