Diphyllobothrium elegans

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

Diphyllobothrium elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Cestoda
Order: Diphyllobothriidea
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]

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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