Beaniidae
| Beaniidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Flustrina |
| Family: | Beaniidae Canu & Bassler, 1927 |
| Genera | |
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Beaniidae is a small bryozoan family in the cheilostomatan suborder Flustrina and superfamily . Their zooids have a weak box-like shell of calcium carbonate as most Flustrina, and in this family typically arranged , connected by small tubes, and often boat-shaped. One species, , is the only known amphibious bryozoan known as of 2008/09.[1]
Genera[]
Three genera are unequivocally assigned to this family:
- Metcalfe, Gordon & Hayward, 2007
- Beania Johnston, 1840 (including Dimorphozoum)
- Hincks, 1883
Footnotes[]
- ^ Metcalfe et al. (2007)
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)
External links[]
- Beaniidae photos at bryozoa.net
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- Bryozoan families
- Cheilostomatida
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