''Atriolum'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

colonial Colonial or The Colonial may refer to: * Colonial, of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colony (biology) Architecture * American colonial architecture * French Colonial * Spanish Colonial architecture Automobiles * Colonial (1920 a ...

tunicate A tunicate is a marine invertebrate animal, a member of the subphylum Tunicata (). It is part of the Chordata, a phylum which includes all animals with dorsal nerve cords and notochords (including vertebrates). The subphylum was at one time ...

s in the order

Enterogona Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians, tunicates (in part), and sea squirts (in part), is a polyphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer "tu ...

. These are marine animals found attached to the seabed or some other surface.

Species

The

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lists the following species in the genus: *'' Atriolum bucinum'' Kott, 2001 *'' Atriolum eversum'' Kott, 2001 *'' Atriolum glauerti'' (Michaelsen, 1930) *'' Atriolum lilium'' Kott, 2001 *'' Atriolum marinense'' Kott, 2001 *'' Atriolum marsupialis'' Monniot, 1989 *'' Atriolum quadratum'' Monniot & Monniot, 1996 *''

Atriolum robustum ''Atriolum robustum'' is a colonial tunicate or sea squirt in the family ''Didemnidae''. It is native to the western and central Indo-Pacific where it is usually found anchored to a hard surface in shallow water. Description A colony of ''Atriol ...

'' Kott, 1983 *'' Atriolum tubiporum'' Kott, 2001

References

Enterogona Tunicate genera {{tunicata-stub