Beaniidae
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Beaniidae is a small bryozoan family in the cheilostomatan suborder Flustrina and superfamily Buguloidea. 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]
Genera
Three genera are unequivocally assigned to this family:
- Amphibiobeania Metcalfe, Gordon & Hayward, 2007
- Beania Johnston, 1840 (including Dimorphozoum)
- Stolonella Hincks, 1883
Footnotes
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- ↑ Metcalfe et al. (2007)
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References
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>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. Script error: No such module "CS1 identifiers". (HTML abstract)
External links
- Beaniidae photos at bryozoa.net