Cephalogonimus vesicaudus

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

Cephalogonimus vesicaudus Nickerson, 1912 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

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

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