 "C. briggsae" can often be found in compost, garden beds, moist mushrooms, or rotting fruit rich with microorganisms and various nutrients.The organism's main habitat is often considered to be the temperate regions of the globe, often accompanying its relatives "C. elegans" and "C. remanei".The genome of "C. briggsae" is roughly 100 Mb in size and is predicted to encode about 20,000 genes.