| Beaniidae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Bryozoa |
| Class: | Gymnolaemata |
| Order: | Cheilostomatida |
| Suborder: | Flustrina |
| Superfamily: | Buguloidea |
| Family: | Beaniidae Canu & Bassler, 1927 |
| Genera | |
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Beaniidae is a family of bryozoans in the order Cheilostomatida. Their zooids have a weak box-like shell of calcium carbonate as do most species of the suborder Flustrina, and in this family are 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]
