Iodictyum rubeschii ( REUSS , 1847)

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

Iodictyum rubeschii ( REUSS, 1847)

Pl. 136, Fig. 1-5

v. * 1847 Retepora rubeschii m. REUSS p. 48, Pl. 6, Fig. 35-37

1977 Iodictyum rubeschii ( REUSS, 1847) – Vávra 146 (cum syn.)

1989 Iodictyum rubeschii ( REUSS, 1847) – Schmid p. 54, Pl. 16, Fig. 1-5 (cum syn.)

v. 2003 Iodictyum rubeschii ( REUSS, 1847) – Zágoršek p. 180, Pl. 30, Fig. 5 (cum syn.)

T y p e: Holotype from Nussdorf deposited in the Natural History Museum Vienna under the number 1847.37.243 (identified by David and Pouyet, 1974)

M a t e r i a l: More than 20 specimens from different sections studied in detail.

D i a g n o s i s: Autozooecia oval, elongate, irregular, separated by thin grooves and arranged in 3 to 4 longitudinal rows. Aperture very large, semilunar, with a secondary sinus and a short peristome. Frontal wall smooth, flat, sometimes slightly convex, rarely perforated. Avicularia small, rare and arranged on the frontal wall, without a pivotal bar. Ovicell partly immersed, small, slightly prominent, no frontal wall preserved. Dorsal side of the colony smooth with additional rare avicularia.