Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983

Monniot, Françoise & Monniot, Claude, 2001, Ascidians from the tropical western Pacific, Zoosystema 23 (2), pp. 201-383 : 286-287

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5391440

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5468063

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F57D87A3-FF8A-316D-E86B-FBCAFF5B1740

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scientific name

Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983
status

 

Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983 View in CoL

( Fig. 123A View FIG )

Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983: 15 View in CoL , figs 1-4. Type locality: Northern Australia. — Millar 1988: 830, fig. 3, Madagascar. — Lafargue & Vasseur 1989: 61, fig. 2, Mayotte, Mauritius. — Monniot F. 1990b: 676, fig. 2, pl. IB, New Caledonia.

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — Papua New Guinea. Louisiade Archipelago, Calvados Island Chain, Brooker Channel, 11°03.09’S, 152°28.62’E, 7 m, 1. VI.1998 ( MNHN A2 ATR 15).

REMARKS

The colonies are made of several urn-shaped lobes on a common base. The colour is a mixture of green, pink, and light brown with white rims of the large common cloacal apertures ( Fig. 123A View FIG ). Symbiotic algae are present in the tunic. All characters agree with previous descriptions. No larvae were found in this material.

The distribution of this species is wide in both the western Pacific Ocean and in the Indian Ocean.

VI

Mykotektet, National Veterinary Institute

MNHN

Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Ascidiacea

Order

Aplousobranchia

Family

Didemnidae

Genus

Atriolum

Loc

Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983

Monniot, Françoise & Monniot, Claude 2001
2001
Loc

Atriolum robustum

LAFARGUE F. & VASSEUR P. 1989: 61
MILLAR R. H. 1988: 830
KOTT P. 1983: 15
1983
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