Beania

{{Short description|Genus of bryozoans}} {{Automatic taxobox |taxon = Beania |authority = Johnston, 1840 | synonyms = * ''Chaunosia'' Busk, 1867 * ''Diachoris'' Busk, 1852 * ''Dimorphozoum'' Levinsen, 1909 }}

'''''Beania''''' is a genus of bryozoans belonging to the family Beaniidae.<ref name="GBIF">{{cite web |title=Beania Johnston, 1840 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/11235887 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=18 October 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.<ref name="GBIF" />

==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus ''Beania'':<ref>{{Cite web |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Beania Johnston, 1840 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110822 |access-date=2025-08-21 |website=www.marinespecies.org |language=en}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}}

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

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Bryozoa genera