Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Chromadorea > Subclass Chromadoria > Order Rhabditida > Suborder Spirurina > Infraorder Ascaridomorpha > Superfamily Ascaridoidea > Family Anisakidae > Subfamily Anisakinae

Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: unresolved
Name Status: species inquirenda

Literature

original description	Leiper, R. T., Atkinson, E. L. (1914). Helminthes of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 222-226.
basis of record	Anderson, R. C.; Chabaud, A. G.; Willmott, S. (1974). CIH Keys to the nematode parasites of vertebrates. i-x.
status source	Moravec, F.; Justine, J.-L. (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.
taxonomy source	Gibson, D. I. & Colin, J. A. (1982). The Terranova enigma. Parasitology. 85(2): xxxvi - xxxvii (Abstract).
identification resource	Shamsi, S.; Barton, D. P.; Zhu, X. (2019). Description and characterisation of Terranova pectinolabiata n. sp. (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in great hammerhead shark, Sphyrna mokarran (Rüppell, 1837), in Australia. Parasitology Research.

Genbank

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:22940