A list of abbreviations and symbols / 7
Preface / 9
1. Digenetic trematodes and snails / 11
1.1. Classification, life cycles and general structure of digenea developmental stages / 11
1.2. Snails as hosts for digenetic trematodes / 15
2. Methods of field and laboratory studies / 17
2.1. Study sites/ 17
2.2. Parasitological diagnosis of digenea developmental stages / 17
3. Alphabetical overview of the identified taxa / 19
3.1. Amblosoma exile Pojmańska, 1972 / 19
3.2. Apatemon gracilis (Rudolphi, 1819) / 23
3.3. Asymphylodora tincae (Modeer, 1790) / 28
3.4. Asymphylodora sp. 2 sensu Našincová (1992) / 32
3.5. Australapatemon burti (Miller, 1923) / 36
3.6. Australapatemon minor yamaguti, 1933 / 40
3.7. Bilharziella polonica (Kowalewski, 1895) / 43
3.8. Cercaria pugnaxLa Valette, 1855 / 48
3.9. Cercaria vesiculosa diesing, 1850 / 52
3.10. Cotylurus sp. / 56
3.11. Diplostomum pseudospathaceum Niewiadomska, 1984 / 61
3.12. Diplodiscus subclavatus (Pallas, 1760) / 65
3.13. Echinoparyphium aconiatum dietz, 1909 / 69
3.14. Echinoparyphium recurvatum (Linstow, 1873) / 73
3.15. Echinostoma revolutum (Fröhlich, 1802) / 78
3.16. Echinostoma spiniferum (La Valette, 1855) / 83
3.17. Furcocercaria sp. a / 87
3.18. Furcocercaria sp. B / 89
3.19. Hypoderaeum conoideum (Bloch, 1782) / 93
3.20. Leucochloridiomorpha lutea (von Baer, 1826) / 98
3.21. Moliniella anceps (Molin, 1859) / 102
3.22. Neoacanthoparyphium echinatoides (Filippi, 1854) / 106
3.23. Neoglyphe sobolevi Shaldybin, 1953 / 111
3.24. Notocotylus attenuatus (Rudolphi, 1809) / 115
3.25. Notocotylus ephemera (Nitzsch, 1807) / 119
3.26. Notocotylus imbricatus (Looss, 1893) / 123
3.27. Opisthioglyphe ranae (Frölich, 1791) / 127
3.28. Plagiorchis elegans (Rudolphi, 1802) / 131
3.29. Plagiorchis neomidis Brendow, 1970 / 135
3.30. Paracoenogonimus ovatus Katsurada, 1914 / 139
3.31. Paryphostomum radiatum (dujardin, 1845) / 143
3.32. Paryphostomum sp. 2 sensu Našincová (1992) / 147
3.33. Quinqueserialis quinqueserialis (Barker and Laughlin, 1911) / 151
3.34. Rubenstrema exasperatum (Rudolphi, 1819) / Neoglyphe locellus (Kossack, 1910) / 155
3.35. Sanguinicola inermis Plehn, 1905 / 160
3.36. Sphaeridiotrema globulus (Rudolphi, 1819) / 165
3.37. Tylodelphys clavata (Nordmann, 1832) / 169
3.38. Tylodelphys excavata (Rudolphi, 1803) / 175
3.39. Trichobilharzia ocellata (La Valette, 1855) / 179
3.40. Xiphidiocercaria sp. a / 185
3.41. Xiphidiocercaria sp. B / 189
3.42. Xiphidiocercaria sp. C / 192
3.43. Xiphidiocercaria sp. d/ 196
4. Literature / 201
5. Glossary of key terms related to digenea larvae / 207
6. Index a: the snails and digenetic trematodes / 209
7. Index B: the number of collected snails in particular study sites / 213
8. Figures / 215
9. Tables / 217