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]