In 2011, Caenorhabditis elegans, a nematode that is also one of the best-studied model organisms, was shown to undergo anhydrobiosis in the dauer larva stage.
En 2011, viuse que Caenorhabditis elegans, un nematodo que é tamén un dos organismo modelo mellor estudados, experimentaba anhidrobiose no estadio de larva dauer.