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

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


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