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Cephalogonimus vesicaudus

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Species of fluke

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. 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.

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).


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