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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

Animalia (kingdom)  »  Bryozoa (phylum)  »  Gymnolaemata (class)  »  Cheilostomatida (order)  »  Beaniidae (family)

CAAB Code:	20 330019 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Beania mirabilis   Johnston, 1840
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 20 - Bryozoa Bryozoans Family: 20 330 Beaniidae (bryozoans) - show full list Common Name: [a bryozoan] Organism Type: a bryozoan Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Habitat: Marine unspecified Parent Codes: 20 330902     Beania spp.

Taxon Notes:

This species was originally described from northern Europe, and has been reported from tropical to temperate waters worldwide - records in some regions may represent introductions by shipping. It is also likely that some other species have been confused with this species in the past. Beania lagenula was described by Tilbrook (2006) from Australian and other regional material previously identified as B. mirabilis.

Identifiers:

AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:48e8d936-dfc0-4777-af2b-16ce03289619 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 201462 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:111072 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2016-05-11 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Huisiman, J.M., Jones, D.S., Wells, F.E., Burton, T., 2008. Introduced marine biota in Western Australian waters., Records of the Western Australian Museum, Vol. 25: 1-44.
Scientific Name verified against:	Cook, P.L., Bock, P.E., Hayward, P.J., Gordon, D.P., 2018. Class Gymnolaemata, Order Cheilostomata. In: Cook, P.L. Bock, P.E. Gordon, D.P. Weaver, H.J., Editors, Australian Bryozoa Volume 2: Taxonomy of Australian Families.: 61-279. CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, VIC 314pp.