Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Bryozoa > Class Gymnolaemata > Order Cheilostomatida > Suborder Flustrina > Superfamily Buguloidea > Family Beaniidae

Beania Johnston, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Diachoris*	Busk, 1852	synonym

Children

Beania cylindrica (Hincks, 1886)
Beania hirtissima (Heller, 1867)
Beania magellanica (Busk, 1852)
Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840
Beania thula Hayward, 1994

Literature

original description	Johnston, G. (1840). XXXI.—Miscellanea Zoologica. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5(31): 272-274.
basis of record	Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 325-333
additional source	NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes.
additional source	Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 271-297.

Genbank

Citation

Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Beania Johnston, 1840. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110822