''Euterranova'' is a
genus
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of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson ha ...
nematodes that have life cycles involving
elasmobranchs
Elasmobranchii () is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, including sharks (superorder Selachii), rays, skates, and sawfish (superorder Batoidea). Members of this subclass are characterised by having five to seven pairs of gil ...
.
The genus was created in 2020 to accommodate species which were previously included in''
Terranova''
Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 [Leiper RT, Atkinson EL. 1914. Helminths of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910–1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, pp. 222–226] a taxon considered to be invalid.
Etymology
The name ''Euterranova'' is composed of ''Terranova'' (the name of a nematode genus) and the prefix ''Eu-'' (= proper, true).
The gender is feminine.
Species
The type-species is ''E. dentiduplicata''
Moravec & Justine
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, 2020. It was described in 2020 from specimens from the stomach of the Zebra shark ''
Stegostoma fasciatum
The zebra shark (''Stegostoma tigrinum'') is a species of carpet shark and the sole member of the family Stegostomatidae. It is found throughout the tropical Indo-Pacific, frequenting coral reefs and sandy flats to a depth of . Adult zebra shar ...
'', collected from off
New Caledonia.
Other species are listed in the taxobox. All are parasites of elasmobranchs. An undescribed species (''Euterranova'' sp.) was also recorded from the shark ''
Triaenodon obesus'' off New Caledonia.
See also
''
Neoterranova
''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 in'' Terranova'' Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 Leiper RT, Atki ...
''
References
External links
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Parasites
Parasitic nematodes of fish
Nematodes described in the 20th century
Ascaridida