Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Nematoda > Class Enoplea > Subclass Enoplia > Order Enoplida > Suborder Ironina > Superfamily Ironoidea > Family Ironidae > Subfamily Ironinae > Genus Ironus

Ironus ignavus Bastian, 1865

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Ironus*	Bastian, 1865	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Bastian, H. C. (1865). Monograph of the Anguillulidae, or Free Nematoids, Marine, Land, and Freshwater; with Descriptions of 100 New Species. The Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Volume XXV. Part II:73-184.
basis of record	Various Authors (2000). Nematode filing cabinet of the Marine Biology Section Ugent - in combination with the NemasLan Ms-Access database (published on CD-Rom, 2000)
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1931). Über einige sibirische Süßwassernematoden. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. XXII: 635-640.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1946). Kleinere Notizen über freilebende Nematoden. Kungl. Fysiografiska sallskapets i Lund forhandlingar. Bd 16, Nr 15: 1-13.
additional source	Heyns, J. (2002). Checklist of free living nematodes recorded from freshwater habitats in Southern Africa. Water SA. 28(4): 449-486.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1926). Über einige freilebende marine Nematoden aus dem Wettersee. Archiv für Hydrobiologie. XVII (4): 714-729.
additional source	Botha, A.; Heyns, J. (1993). New records of Tylenchida, Araeolaimida and Enoplida from the Kruger National Park, with an addendum to the check list of nematode species in the park. Koedoe. 36(1): 61-65.
additional source	Yeates, G. W. (2010). Phylum Nematoda: roundworms, eelworms. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 480-493.
additional source	Allgén, C. A. (1925). Beiträge zur Kenntnis der freilebenden Nematoden Schwedens. Arkiv för Zoologi. 18 A (5): 1-40.

Genbank

Taxonomy

NeMys
NeMys

Citation

Nemys eds. (2025). Nemys: World Database of Nematodes. Ironus ignavus Bastian, 1865. 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:229546

Dr. Vlada Peneva. Ironus ignavus Bastian, 1865. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/fadb1b78-5be6-466c-bf58-2dab8447d955