Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2010

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, Zootaxa 2550, pp. 1-20 : 8

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.196806
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3502005
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scientific name	Beania maxilladentata Ramalho, Muricy & Taylor, 2010
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( Fig 9–11 View FIGURES 8 – 13 , 21 View FIGURES 18 – 23 ; Table 1 View TABLE 1 )

Beania maxilladentata Ramalho et al., 2010: 504 , fig. 4.

Material examined. MZUSP 400.

Remarks. Beania maxilladentata was recently described from Rio de Janeiro state on bryozoans, shells, serpulids and algae in 3–6 m of water. The species is characterized by small spines that never overarch the frontal membrane and by the presence of a strongly curved avicularian mandible with one or two tooth-shaped accessory structures.

Distribution. Atlantic. Brazil: Rio de Janeiro ( Ramalho et al. 2010; present study).