Beaniidae
Beaniidae is a small bryozoan family in the cheilostomatan suborder Flustrina. Their zooids have a weak box-like shell of calcium carbonate as most Flustrina, and in this family typically arranged disjunctly, connected by small tubes, and often boat-shaped. One species, Amphibiobeania epiphylla, is the only known amphibious bryozoan known as of 2008/09.[1]
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| Superfamily: | Buguloidea |
| Family: | Beaniidae Canu & Bassler, 1927 |
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There are a mere 3 genera unequivocally assigned to this family:
- Amphibiobeania Metcalfe, Gordon & Hayward, 2007
- Beania Johnston, 1840 (including Dimorphozoum)
- Stolonella Hincks, 1883
Footnotes
- Metcalfe et al. (2007)
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References
- Metcalfe, Kristin; Gordon Dennis P. & Hayward, Ellie (2007): An Amphibious Bryozoan from Living Mangrove Leaves – Amphibiobeania new genus (Beaniidae). Zool. Sci. 24(6): 563–570. doi:10.2108/zsj.24.563 (HTML abstract)
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