Beania americana Vieira, Migotto & Winston, 2010, n. sp. ...

• Main Authors: Vieira, Leandro M., Migotto, Alvaro E., Winston, Judith E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Bryozoa; Gymnolaemata; Cheilostomatida; Beaniidae; Beania; Beania americana; Alvaro; Hutchinson Island
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6196278; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6196278

Beania americana n. sp. (Figs 14, 15, 24; Table 2) Beania hirtissima: Marcus 1937: 62, pl. 14, fig. 31; 1941: 19, fig. 12; Osburn 1940: 397; Lagaaij 1963: 180, pl. 8, fig. 4; Maturo 1966: 579, fig. 17; Winston 1982: 131, fig. 56; Vieira et al. 2008: 17 (checklist). Non Diachoris hirtissima Heller, 1867. Material examined. Holotype: MZUSP 415. Paratype: MZUSP 416, Additional material: Marcus collection (19), Beania hirtissima E. Marcus det. on rocks; MZUSP 417–428; VMNH 760.00, Beania hirtissima, Walton Rocks, South Hutchinson Island, St Lucie County, Florida, USA, coll. J. E. Winston, 28.xi, 1998, intertidal beach rock; VMNH 2612.00, Beania hirtissima, Juno Ledge, off Palm Beach, Florida, USA, coll. Littler and Little, 18.vii.1999, drift dive, 20 m, on alga; VMNH 3150.01, Beania hirtissima, North Beach, Fort Pierce, St Lucie County, Florida, USA, coll. J. E. Winston 21.vi.2003, beach drift alga, with B. mirabilis (= B. mirabilissima). Description. Colony reticulate, semierect, grayish-brown in color, often ... : Published as part of Vieira, Leandro M., Migotto, Alvaro E. & Winston, Judith E., 2010, Shallow-water species of Beania Johnston, 1840 (Bryozoa, Cheilostomata) from the tropical and subtropical Western Atlantic, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 2550 on pages 9-11, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.196806 ...