Cephalogonimus vesicaudus

Cephalogonimus vesicaudus
Cephalogonimus vesicaudus, side view
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Trematoda
Order: Plagiorchiida
Family: Cephalogonimidae
Genus: Cephalogonimus
Species:
C. vesicaudus
Binomial name
Cephalogonimus vesicaudus
Nickerson, 1912

Cephalogonimus vesicaudus is a species of digenean trematode parasite found in North America.[1] This species typically infects the small intestine of North American soft shell turtles, but may also infect slider turtles, map turtles, mud turtles, green frogs, and ducks.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Nickerson, W. S. (1912). On Cephalogonimus vesicaudus n. sp. Zool Jahrb Syst, 33, 249.
  2. ↑ Mcknight, T. J. (1959). A taxonomic study of the helminth parasites of the turtles of Lake Texoma (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Oklahoma).