Marine Species Traits - Terranova antarctica Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

WoRMS name details

Terranova antarctica Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

AphiaID

827228 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827228)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Type taxon of

Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

Parent

Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

Original name

Terranova antarctica Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

Environment

marine

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. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Bay of Islands

type locality contained in Bay of Islands (doubtful) [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomy However, the type species of the former genus is a species inquirenda and, consequently, Terranova should be considered a...

Taxonomy However, the type species of the former genus is a species inquirenda and, consequently, Terranova should be considered a genus inquirendum [details]

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Terranova antarctica Leiper & Atkinson, 1914. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=827228 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2014-12-05 02:46:29Z

created

Shamsi, Shokoofeh

2017-06-16 11:06:32Z

changed

Gibson, David

2020-11-21 13:50:49Z

changed

Gibson, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

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. [details]

Taxonomy

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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1051/parasite/2020053 [details]

Other

additional source Bruce NL, Adlard RD, Cannon LRG. (1994). Synoptic checklist of ascaridoid parasites (Nematoda) from fish hosts. Invertebr Taxon. 8(3):583-674., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/it9940583 [details]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Additional information This species, based on a single female, is in need of redescription [details]

Taxonomy However, the type species of the former genus is a species inquirenda and, consequently, Terranova should be considered a genus inquirendum [details]

Definitions