THE TREMATODES AND CESTODES OF SOREX-ARANEUS L IN VALAAM ISLAND (LADOGA LAKE, USSR) .1.

The trematode and cestode fauna was examined in 50 specimens of common shrews Sorex araneus L. (Insectivora: Soricidae) collected in Valaam Island, USSR during 1988 and 1989. Two species of Trematoda and seven species of Cestoda were identified; prevalence of infection was as follows: Brachylaemus fulvus (86%), Rubenstrema exasperatum (4%), Hymenolepis scutigera (54%), Neoskrjabinolepis schaldybini (26%), Vigisolepis spinulosa (4%), Choanotaenia crassiscolex (86%), Choanotaenia hepatica (6%), Dilepis undula (2%) and Polycercus sp. (2%).