Shallow-water species of Beania Johnston, 1840 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic

Author(s)

Vieira, Leandro M. ; Migotto, Alvaro E. ; Winston, Judith E.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Zootaxa; v. N/A, n. 2550, p. 20-pg., 2010-07-27.

Abstract

This paper describes four new species of the bryozoan genus Beania from the Brazilian coast. Two of them have been previously recorded in the western Atlantic as Beania hirtissima (Heller, 1867) and Beania mirabilis Johnston, 1840, respectively; they are redescribed here as Beania americana n. sp. and Beania mirabilissima n. sp. Two reticulate species, Beania correiae n. sp. and Beania metrii n. sp., are newly described. Descriptions of four other species of Beania from the region are also included: Beania australis Busk, 1852, Beania cupulariensis Osburn, 1914, Beania klugei Cook, 1968 and Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2010. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 08/10624-3 - Judith Ellen Winston | Virginia Museum of Natural History - Estados Unidos
• Grantee: Alvaro Esteves Migotto
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• FAPESP's process: 08/10619-0 - Taxonomic review of species of Scrupocellaria van Beneden, 1845 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from Atlantic
• Grantee: Leandro Manzoni Vieira
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 98/07090-3 - Benthic marine biodiversity in the state of São Paulo
• Grantee: Antonia Cecília Zacagnini Amaral
• Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants