Neoterranova

Neoterranova is a genus of parasitic nematodes that have life cycles involving sharks and reptiles.[1] The genus was created in 2020 to accommodate species which were previously included inTerranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 [2] a taxon considered to be invalid.[1]

Neoterranova
Neoterranova scoliodontis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Nematoda
Class:
Secernentea
Order:
Ascaridida
Family:
Anisakidae
Genus:
Neoterranova

Species

Etymology

The name Neoterranova is composed of Terranova (the name of a nematode genus) and the prefix Neo- (= new).[1] The gender is feminine.

Species

The type-species is N. scoliodontis (Baylis, 1931) Moravec & Justine, 2020. It is a parasite of the stomach and intestine of the Tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier, first described in 1931.[3][4][1]

Other species are listed in the taxobox.

See also

Euterranova

References
  1. Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2020). "Erection of Euterranova n. gen. and Neoterranova n. gen. (Nematoda, Anisakidae), with the description of E. dentiduplicata n. sp. and new records of two other anisakid nematodes from sharks off New Caledonia". Parasite. 27: 58. doi:10.1051/parasite/2020053. ISSN 1776-1042.
  2. Leiper RT, Atkinson EL. 1914. Helminths of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pp. 222–226
  3. Baylis HA. 1931. Some Ascaridae from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series, 10(8), 95–102.
  4. Moravec, František; Justine, Jean-Lou (2006). "Three nematode species from elasmobranchs off New Caledonia". Systematic Parasitology. 64 (2): 131–145. doi:10.1007/s11230-006-9034-x. ISSN 0165-5752.
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