''Euterranova'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
parasitic
Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives (at least some of the time) on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The ent ...
nematode
The nematodes ( or ; ; ), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda. Species in the phylum inhabit a broad range of environments. Most species are free-living, feeding on microorganisms, but many are parasitic. Parasitic worms (h ...
s that have life cycles involving
elasmobranchs.
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, 2020. It was described in 2020 from specimens from the stomach of the Zebra shark ''
Stegostoma fasciatum'', collected from off
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...
.
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''
References
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Parasitic nematodes of fish
Nematodes described in the 20th century
Ascaridomorpha