original description
Dreyer, Jennifer; Miura, Tomoyuki; and Van Dover, Cindy Lee 2004. Vesicomyicola trifurcatus, a new genus and species of commensal polychaete (Annelida: Polychaeta: Nautiliniellidae) found in deep-sea clams from the Blake Ridge cold seep. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 117(1):106-113, available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35515551 [details]
From editor or global species database
Etymology Genus name is derived from the name of the host vesicomyid clams. [details]