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 | |
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| Neoterranova scoliodontis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Nematoda |
| Class: | Chromadorea |
| Order: | Rhabditida |
| Family: | Anisakidae |
| Genus: | Neoterranova Moravec & Justine, 2020 [1] |
| Species | |
Etymology
editThe name Neoterranova is composed of Terranova (the name of a nematode genus) and the prefix Neo- (= new).[1] The gender is feminine.
Species
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d e 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. PMC 7665269. PMID 33186094.
- ^ Leiper RT, Atkinson EL. 1914. Helminths of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pp. 222–226
- ^ Baylis HA. 1931. Some Ascaridae from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series, 10(8), 95–102.
- ^ 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. PMID 16773474. S2CID 2436786.
