Nemys - Terranova circularis (Linstow, 1907) Gibson & Colin, 1982

WoRMS name details

Terranova circularis (Linstow, 1907) Gibson & Colin, 1982

AphiaID

1013036 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1013036)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Terranova Leiper & Atkinson, 1914

Original name

Ascaris circularis Linstow, 1907

Synonymised names

Ascaris circularis Linstow, 1907 · unaccepted (Superseded combination)

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Terranova circularis (Linstow, 1907) Gibson & Colin, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1013036 on 2025-06-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2017-07-08 15:12:39Z

created

Gibson, David

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record 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]

Taxonomy

status source Gibson, D. I. & Colin, J. A. (1982). The Terranova enigma. Parasitology. 85(2): xxxvi - xxxvii (Abstract). [details]

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]

Present

Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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