Barnacles that fit morphologically into the description of the pyrgomatid genus Cantellius were retrieved from hydrozoan Stylasteridae. The use of molecular markers also confirmed the assignment of these barnacles to the genus Cantellius. Hitherto, stylasterids have not been recorded as hosts of pyrgomatids. This finding conflicts with and refutes the statement that scleractinans (Hexacorallia) are obligatory hosts of pyrgomatids. These are the first unequivocal records of living pyrgomatids in stylasterids, thus documenting a new type of habitat for this group of barnacles. Further inspections of stylasterids will probably reveal more new host records and, possibly, new pyrgomatids.

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我们中间的一个陌生人：尖吻鲈（Hydrozoa）中的巩膜菌外生体Cantellius（Balnoidea：Pyrgomatidae）的发生

从水生动物虎科（Stylasteridae）中检索到形态上适合于pyrmatmatid属Cantellius描述的藤壶。分子标记的使用也证实了这些藤壶属于Cantellius属。迄今为止，尚未记录甾体为吡喃线虫的宿主。这一发现与Scleractinans（Hexacorallia）是pyrgomatids的强制宿主的说法相抵触，并驳斥了这一说法。这些是最早的明确记录的生活在类固醇类中的拟除虫菊科动物，因此记录了这一类藤壶的新型栖息地。进一步检查触笔甾可能会发现更多新的寄主记录，并可能还会发现新的吡喃线虫。