Diphyllobothrium elegans

Diphyllobothrium elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Platyhelminthes
Class:	Cestoda
Subclass:	Eucestoda
Order:	Pseudophyllidea
Family:	Diphyllobothriidae
Genus:	Diphyllobothrium
Species:	D. elegans
Binomial name
	Diphyllobothrium elegans; (Krabbe, 1865)[1] Meggitt, 1924[2]
Synonyms
	Bothriocephalus elegans Krabbe, 1865; Diphyllobothrium pterocephalum Delyamure & Skryabin, 1967[3];

Diphyllobothrium elegans is a species of tapeworms. It has been found in the hooded seal (Cystophora cristata).

References

Helminthologiske undersøgelser i Danmark og paa Island, med saerligt hensyn til blaereormlidelserne paa Island. Harald Krabbe, 1865
The Cestodes of Mammals. FJ Meggitt, 1924
Diphyllobothrium pterocephalum n. sp. from Cystophora cristata. SL DELYAMURE, AS SKRYABIN, Helminthologia, 1967

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