Beania magellanica is widely distributed in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Beania magellanica is the fuzzy brown colony growing over a colony of Parmularia obliqua
A magnified and highly processed detail from the same photo is available
An additional colour photograph by Karen Gowlett-Holmes is available.
Original description: Diachoris magellanica Busk, 1852.
Locality: Australia.