Semibalanus balanoides (L.) and Balanus crenatus Bruguière (Balanidae) are intermediate hosts of fimbriarioides intermedia (fuhrmann, 1913) and two species of the genus Microsomacanthus (Cestoda, Hymenolepididae), parasites of sea ducks from the atlantic sector of the Arctic and Northern Pacific
Journal: Паразитология
Year: 2023

Metacestode infestation of Semibalanus balanoides and Balanus crenatus, collected in the Barents and White Seas and in the northern part of the Sea of Okhotsk in 2020 and 2021, correspondingly, has been studied. 313 S. balanoides from Mogilnaya Bay of Kildin Island (Barents Sea) and isolated mature wrinkled barnacles B. crenatus, 2 and 4 specimens from the Pechora Sea and Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea, respectively, were examined in 2020. Metacestodes Fimbriarioides intermedia (Fuhrmann, 1913