Elaphostrongylus is a genus of parasitic nematodes in the family Protostrongylidae.

[2] Intermediate hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp.

are terrestrial gastropods and they include: Experimental hosts of Elaphostrongylus spp.

[2] For example Lymnaea stagnalis has been experimentally infected with Elaphostrongylus rangiferi.

[2] Definitive host include Cervidae: moose Alces alces,[2] Cervus elaphus and reindeer Rangifer tarandus.