Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Acanthocephala > Class Palaeacanthocephala > Order Echinorhynchida > Family Arhythmacanthidae > Subfamily Paracanthocephaloidinae > Genus Breizacanthus

Breizacanthus irenae Golvan, 1969

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Breizacanthus*	Golvan, 1969	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Golvan, Y. J. (1969). Systematique des Acanthocephales (Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1801), L'ordre des Palaeacanthocephala Meyer, 1931, La superfamille des Echinorhynchidea (Cobbold, 1876) Golvan et Houin 1973. Mémoires du Muséum Nationale d'Histoire Naturelle. 47:1-373.
basis of record	Gibson, D.I. (2001). Acanthocephala, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 176-177
additional source	Hassani, M. M.; Kerfouf, A.; Boutiba, Z. (2015). Checklist of helminth parasites of Striped Red Mullet, Mullus surmuletus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Perciformes: Mullidae), caught in the Bay of Kristel , Algeria (western Mediterranean). Check List. 11 (1): 1504.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Golvan, Y.J. (1994). Nomenclature of the Acanthocephala. Research and Reviews in Parasitology. 54(3): 135-205.

Genbank

Citation

Gibson, D.; Wayland, M. (2025). World List of marine Acanthocephala. Breizacanthus irenae Golvan, 1969. 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:100610