Atriolum robustum Kott 1983
Authors/Creators
- 1. CNRS UPESA 8044, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés marins et Malacologie, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris (France)
- 2. UPESA 8044, Laboratoire de Biologie des Invertébrés marins et Malacologie, Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, F- 75005 Paris (France)
Description
Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983
(Fig. 123A)
Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983: 15, 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). 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.
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- Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.5391675 (DOI)
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- Journal article: 10.5281/zenodo.5391440 (DOI)
- Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/0944FFDBFFDF313BEB47FF93FFBE1602 (URL)
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- https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/F57D87A3FF8A316DE86BFBCAFF5B1740 (URL)
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Kott
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Aplousobranchia
- Family
- Didemnidae
- Genus
- Atriolum
- Species
- robustum
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Atriolum robustum Kott, 1983 sec. Monniot & Monniot, 2001
References
- KOTT P. 1983. - Two new genera of didemnid ascidians from tropical Australian waters. Beagle 1 (2): 13 - 19.
- MILLAR R. H. 1988. - Ascidians collected during the International Indian Ocean Expedition. Journal of Natural History 22: 823 - 848.
- LAFARGUE F. & VASSEUR P. 1989. - Ascidies des recifs coralliens du N. E. du canal de Mozambique (Campagne BENTEDI du N. Suroit, 17 mars- 14 avril 1977). Mesogee 49: 59 - 66.