Beania

Beania
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Bryozoa
Class:	Gymnolaemata
Order:	Cheilostomatida
Family:	Beaniidae
Genus:	Beania ; Johnston, 1840
Synonyms
	ChaunosiaBusk, 1867; DiachorisBusk, 1852; DimorphozoumLevinsen, 1909;

Last updated August 22, 2025

Beania is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Beaniidae.^[1]

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Beania:^[2]

Beania admiranda Packard, 1863
Beania alaskensis Osburn, 1950
Beania americana Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
Beania aspinosa Liu, 1984
Beania asymmetrica Harmer, 1926
Beania australis Busk, 1852
Beania australopacifica Tilbrook, 2006
† Beania bermudezi Lagaaij, 1968
Beania bilaminata (Hincks, 1881)
Beania carteri (Hincks, 1880)
Beania challengeri Hastings, 1943
Beania clavata (Hincks, 1887)
Beania columbiana O'Donoghue, 1923
Beania conferta MacGillivray, 1886
Beania cookae Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001
Beania correiae Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
Beania costata (Busk, 1876)
Beania cribrimorpha Gordon, 1984
Beania crotali (Busk, 1852)
Beania cryptophragma Gordon, 1986
Beania cupulariensis Osburn, 1914
Beania cylindrica (Hincks, 1886)
Beania decumbens MacGillivray, 1882
Beania diademata Cheetham, 1972
Beania discodermiae (Ortmann, 1890)
Beania distans (Hincks, 1881)
Beania elongata (Hincks, 1885)
Beania erecta Waters, 1904
Beania farreae Liu, 1982
Beania fragilis (Ridley, 1881)
Beania gigantavicularis Gordon, 1984
Beania hexaceras (Ortmann, 1890)
Beania hexamicorum Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001
Beania hirtissima (Heller, 1867)
Beania hyadesi (Jullien, 1888)
Beania inermis (Busk, 1852)
Beania intermedia (Hincks, 1881)
Beania klugei Cook, 1968
Beania lagenula Tilbrook, 2006
Beania livingstonei Hastings, 1943
Beania magellanica (Busk, 1852)
Beania maxilla (Jullien, 1888)
Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2010
Beania mediterranea Souto, Nascimento, Reverter-Gil & Vieira, 2019
Beania metrii Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
Beania minuspina Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007
Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840
Beania mirabilissima Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
Beania multispinosa Gontar, 1993
Beania octaceras Okada & Mawatari, 1938
Beania pauciserialis Berning & Wisshak, 2024
Beania paucispinosa O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1935
Beania pectinata Hayward & Ryland, 1995
Beania petiolata Harmer, 1926
Beania plurispinosa Uttley & Bullivant, 1972
Beania proboscidea Gordon, 1986
Beania pseudocolumbiana Gontar, 1993
Beania pulchella Livingstone, 1929
Beania quadricornuta (Hincks, 1885)
Beania rediviva Hayward & Cook, 1983
Beania regularis Thornely, 1916
Beania scotti Hastings, 1943
Beania serrata Souto, Nascimento, Reverter-Gil & Vieira, 2019
Beania spinigera (MacGillivray, 1860)
Beania stonycha Gordon, 1986
Beania superhispida Winston & Jackson, 2021
Beania thula Hayward, 1994
Beania trampida Gordon, 1986
Beania uniarmata O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944
Beania vanhoeffeni Kluge, 1914
Beania vegae Silén, 1941
Beania wilsoni MacGillivray, 1885

References

1 2 "Beania Johnston, 1840". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Beania Johnston, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-21.

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 "Beania Johnston, 1840". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 October 2021.

[2] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Beania Johnston, 1840". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2025-08-21.

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