Neoterranova Explained

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

Etymology

The name Neoterranova is composed of Terranova (the name of a nematode genus) and the prefix Neo- (= new). 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.^{[2] [3]}

Other species are listed in the taxobox.

See also

Euterranova

Notes and References

1. Leiper RT, Atkinson EL. 1914. Helminths of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pp. 222–226
2. Baylis HA. 1931. Some Ascaridae from Queensland. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series, 10(8), 95–102.
3. Moravec. František. Justine. Jean-Lou. Three nematode species from elasmobranchs off New Caledonia. Systematic Parasitology. 64. 2. 2006. 131–145. 0165-5752. 10.1007/s11230-006-9034-x. 16773474 . 2436786 .