Atriolum marinense Orange-tubular ascidian,Baby Toes

Atriolum marinense is commonly referred to as Orange-tubular ascidian,Baby Toes. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!.

Johan Swanepoel, Südafrika

Atriolum marinense (Orange-tubular ascidian),Port Elizabeth,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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AphiaID:: 250052

Scientific:: Atriolum marinense
German:: Koloniale Seescheide
English:: Orange-tubular Ascidian,Baby Toes

Category:: Osłonice

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Didemnidae (Family) > Atriolum (Genus) > marinense (Species)
Initial determination:: Kott, 2001

Occurrence:: Australia, Mozambique, New Caledonia, South-Africa, South-Pazific, Western Pacific Ocean
Size:: up to 1.18" (3 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 62.6 °F (°C - 17°C)
Food:: Filter feeder
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!

CITES:

Not evaluated

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Atriolum bucinum
Atriolum eversum
Atriolum glauerti
Atriolum lilium
Atriolum marinense
Koloniale Seescheide
Atriolum marsupialis
Atriolum robustum
Robuste Riffseescheide
Atriolum tubiporum

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2016-02-20 19:20:48
Last edit:: 2016-02-20 19:20:48

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Atriolum marinense Kott, 2001

Atriolum marinense is common along the South African coast.This colonial ascidian has a peach, pink or peach-orange colour. A number of vase-shaped lobes connected basally. Atriolum marinense can be found to rocky shores, to 10-30 m depht.

Orange-tubular ascidian is a filterfeeder.

Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Tunicata (Subphylum) > Ascidiacea (Class) > Aplousobranchia (Order) > Didemnidae (Family) > Atriolum (Genus) > Atriolum marinense (Species)

External links

Eastern Cape Scuba Diving (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Atriolum marinense (Orange-tubular ascidian),Port Elizabeth,Copyright Johan Swanepoel

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