WoRMS taxon details
Beania Johnston, 1840
110822 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110822)
accepted
Genus
Chaunosia Busk, 1867 · unaccepted
Diachoris Busk, 1852 · unaccepted (Subjective junior synonym)
Dimorphozoum Levinsen, 1909 · unaccepted
- Species Beania admiranda Packard, 1863
- Species Beania alaskensis Osburn, 1950
- Species Beania americana Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
- Species Beania aspinosa Liu, 1984
- Species Beania asymmetrica Harmer, 1926
- Species Beania australis Busk, 1852
- Species Beania australopacifica Tilbrook, 2006
- Species Beania bilaminata (Hincks, 1881)
- Species Beania carteri (Hincks, 1880)
- Species Beania challengeri Hastings, 1943
- Species Beania clavata (Hincks, 1887)
- Species Beania columbiana O'Donoghue, 1923
- Species Beania conferta MacGillivray, 1886
- Species Beania cookae Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001
- Species Beania correiae Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
- Species Beania costata (Busk, 1876)
- Species Beania cribrimorpha Gordon, 1984
- Species Beania crotali (Busk, 1852)
- Species Beania cryptophragma Gordon, 1986
- Species Beania cupulariensis Osburn, 1914
- Species Beania cylindrica (Hincks, 1886)
- Species Beania decumbens MacGillivray, 1882
- Species Beania diademata Cheetham, 1972
- Species Beania discodermiae (Ortmann, 1890)
- Species Beania distans (Hincks, 1881)
- Species Beania elongata (Hincks, 1885)
- Species Beania erecta Waters, 1904
- Species Beania farreae Liu, 1982
- Species Beania fragilis (Ridley, 1881)
- Species Beania gigantavicularis Gordon, 1984
- Species Beania hexaceras (Ortmann, 1890)
- Species Beania hexamicorum Tilbrook, Hayward & Gordon, 2001
- Species Beania hirtissima (Heller, 1867)
- Species Beania hyadesi (Jullien, 1888)
- Species Beania inermis (Busk, 1852)
- Species Beania intermedia (Hincks, 1881)
- Species Beania klugei Cook, 1968
- Species Beania lagenula Tilbrook, 2006
- Species Beania livingstonei Hastings, 1943
- Species Beania magellanica (Busk, 1852)
- Species Beania maxilla (Jullien, 1888)
- Species Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2010
- Species Beania mediterranea Souto, Nascimento, Reverter-Gil & Vieira, 2019
- Species Beania metrii Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
- Species Beania minuspina Florence, Hayward & Gibbons, 2007
- Species Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840
- Species Beania mirabilissima Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010
- Species Beania multispinosa Gontar, 1993
- Species Beania octaceras Okada & Mawatari, 1938
- Species Beania pauciserialis Berning & Wisshak, 2024
- Species Beania paucispinosa O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1935
- Species Beania pectinata Hayward & Ryland, 1995
- Species Beania petiolata Harmer, 1926
- Species Beania plurispinosa Uttley & Bullivant, 1972
- Species Beania proboscidea Gordon, 1986
- Species Beania pseudocolumbiana Gontar, 1993
- Species Beania pulchella Livingstone, 1929
- Species Beania quadricornuta (Hincks, 1885)
- Species Beania rediviva Hayward & Cook, 1983
- Species Beania regularis Thornely, 1916
- Species Beania scotti Hastings, 1943
- Species Beania serrata Souto, Nascimento, Reverter-Gil & Vieira, 2019
- Species Beania spinigera (MacGillivray, 1860)
- Species Beania stonycha Gordon, 1986
- Species Beania superhispida Winston & Jackson, 2021
- Species Beania thula Hayward, 1994
- Species Beania trampida Gordon, 1986
- Species Beania uniarmata O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944
- Species Beania vanhoeffeni Kluge, 1914
- Species Beania vegae Silén, 1941
- Species Beania wilsoni MacGillivray, 1885
- Species Beania longispinosa Robertson, 1905 accepted as Dendrobeania longispinosa (Robertson, 1905) (Basionym)
- Species Beania ostia Robertson, 1921 accepted as Beania regularis Thornely, 1916
- Species Beania robusta (Hincks, 1881) accepted as Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840 (Subjective synonym)
- Species Beania swainsoni Hutton, 1873 accepted as Amathia biseriata Krauss, 1837 (Subjective synonym)
marine
recent + fossil
Johnston, G. (1840). XXXI.—Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 5(31): 272-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934009496822 [details] 
Bock, P. (2025). World List of Bryozoa. Beania Johnston, 1840. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110822 on 2025-07-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnston, G. (1840). XXXI.—Miscellanea Zoologica. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 5(31): 272-274., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222934009496822 [details]
original description (of Dimorphozoum Levinsen, 1909) Levinsen, G. M. R. (1909). Morphological and systematic studies on the cheilostomatous Bryozoa. <em>Nationale Forfatterers Forlag, Copenhagen.</em> pp.1-431., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/54983#/summary
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Diachoris Busk, 1852) Busk, G., 1852. An account of the Polyzoa and sertularian zoophytes collected in the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" on the coast of Australia and the Louisiade Archipelago. In: J. Macgillivray, Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake commanded by the late Captain O. Stanley during the years 1846-1850. 1 Appendix IV: 343-402., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3853847
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Chaunosia Busk, 1867) Busk, G. (1867). Zoophytology. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 7: 241-243, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27863442
page(s): 241 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Dimorphozoum Levinsen, 1909) Levinsen, G. M. R. (1909). Morphological and systematic studies on the cheilostomatous Bryozoa. <em>Nationale Forfatterers Forlag, Copenhagen.</em> pp.1-431., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/54983#/summary
page(s): 107 [details]
original description (of Diachoris Busk, 1852) Busk, G., 1852. An account of the Polyzoa and sertularian zoophytes collected in the voyage of the "Rattlesnake" on the coast of Australia and the Louisiade Archipelago. In: J. Macgillivray, Narrative of the voyage of H.M.S. Rattlesnake commanded by the late Captain O. Stanley during the years 1846-1850. 1 Appendix IV: 343-402., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3853847
page(s): 381 [details]
original description (of Chaunosia Busk, 1867) Busk, G. (1867). Zoophytology. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, 7: 241-243, available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27863442
page(s): 241 [details]
basis of record Hayward, P.J. (2001). Bryozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 325-333 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
additional source
Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. <em>Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 41: 47-114. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
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additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
additional source Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 271-297. [details]
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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source NODC. (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes. [details]
additional source Gordon, D. P.; Taylor, P. D.; Bigey, F. P. (2009). Phylum Bryozoa: moss animals, sea mats, lace corals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 271-297. [details]
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. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
