Species Terranova kogiae (Johnston & Mawson, 1939)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Porrocaecum kogiae Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1939. Internal parasites of the pigmy sperm whale. Records of the South Australian Museum (Adelaide) 6: 263-274 [263].

  Type data:

   
  Paratype(s) SAMA AHC1606, AHC7269 Vials, Sandgate, Moreton Bay, Queensland;
  Status unknown, SAMA AHC41338 Vial (Labelled as "Type Material"), Port Victoria, Spencer Gulf, South Australia and Sandgate, Morton Bay, Queensland.

  Type host:

   Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838) [KOGIIDAE]

Generic Combinations

• Terranova kogiae (Johnston & Mawson, 1939). —
  Johnston, T.H. & Mawson, P.M. 1945. Parasitic nematodes. Report of the British, Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition, 1928–31 5B(2): 73-160 [111]

Introduction

Discussed by Shamsi (2014) who concluded that this species in "invalid".

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) [KOGIIDAE] Pygmy Sperm Whale).

General References

Shamsi, S. 2014. Recent advances in our knowledge of Australian anisakid nematodes. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 3: 178-187

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