Cephalogonimus vesicaudus explained

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

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).