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 Author ZÁGORŠEK, KAMIL National Museum, Prague, Václavské nám. 68,115 79 Praha 1, Czech Republic kamil_zagorsek@nm.cz text Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae Series B 2010 66 3 - 4 139 255 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.13344847 2533-4069 13344847 Escharella ovoidea ( REUSS , 1847) Pl. 91, Fig. 1-2 v. * 1847 Cellepora ovoidea m. – Reuss p. 90, Pl. 11, Fig. 2 1977 Escharella ovoidea ( REUSS , 1847 ) – Vávra p. 137 (cum syn.) T y p e: Neotype stored in the Natural History Museum Vienna under the number 1859.50.760 (established by David and Pouyet, 1974 ). M a t e r i a l: Altogether 3 specimens (only from the section Židlochovice) were studied. D i a g n o s i s: Colony encrusting, autozooecia hexagonal with a smooth, slightly convex, frontal wall. Marginal areolar pores large, about 20 pores are arranged on the bor- der of each autozooecium. Aperture oval to semilunar with 4-6 oral spines and a short peristome (calcified lip). Lyrula large, rectangular. Ovicell recumbent on the distal part of the autozooecium (never immersed into the distal part of the autozooecium); it has a smooth, frontal wall. R e m a r k s: The characteristic features are the large areolar pores, the oral spines and the recumbent ovicell.