Kingdom Animalia Class Gymnolaemata Suborder Flustrina Scientific name Beaniidae | Phylum Bryozoa Order Cheilostomata Superfamily Buguloidea Rank Family | |
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Beaniidae is a small bryozoan family in the cheilostomatan suborder Flustrina. Their zooids have a weak box-like shell of calcium carbonate as most Flustrina, and in this family 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.
There are a mere 3 genera unequivocally assigned to this family:
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