Kionidella KOSCHINSKY, 1885

ZÁGORŠEK, KAMIL, 2010, BRYOZOA FROM THE LANGHIAN (MIOCENE) OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC PART II: SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION OF THE SUBORDER ASCOPHORA LEVINSEN, 1909 AND PALEOECOLOGICAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE STUDIED PALEOENVIRONMENT, Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 66 (3 - 4), pp. 139-255 : 139-255

Genus Kionidella KOSCHINSKY, 1885

Colony columnar, free. Autozooecia with terminal apertures, medially situated, large condyles, autozooecia budding in radial rows from the columnar axis. Avicularia are usually paired and situated on both sides of the aperture. Ovicell hyperstomial with a porous frontal wall.

Kionidella moravicensis PROCHÁZKA, 1893 Pl. 123, Fig. 1-5

* 1893

v.1996 v.2009

Kionidella moravicensis nov. sp. – Procházka p. 54, Pl. 12, Fig. 8a-d

Kionidela moravicensis PROCHÁZKA – Sváček: 73, obr. 5 Kionidella moravicensis PROCHÁZKA, 1893 – Zágoršek, et al. p. 482, Fig. 11H-J

T y p e: The type material has not been found, a neotype, established by Zágoršek et al. (2009), is stored in NM Prague under the numbers PM2 -P 01391.

M a t e r i a l: 7 specimens from the section at Kralice nad Oslavou were studied in detail .

D i a g n o s i s: Colonies conical, with autozooecia budding in a spiral arrangement. Autozooecia globular, sub-hexagonal to oval. Aperture ’8’-shaped, the proximal and distal parts are approximately of equal size and oval shape; the condyles are arranged in the middle of aperture. Avicularia are large, circular to oval with a pivot and usually arranged on one side of the aperture; ovicelled autozooecia rarely with two avicularia. The ovicell is globular, small, deeply immersed with a strongly porous frontal wall.

R e m a r k s: For a detailed description and discussion see Zágoršek et al. (2009).