''Clunio'' is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily
Orthocladiinae
Orthocladiinae is a subfamily of midges in the non-biting midge family (Chironomidae). For lack of a better common name, they are simply referred to as orthoclads.
Genera
*'' Aagaardia'' Sæther, 1985
*'' Abiskomyia'' Edwards, 1937
*'' Ac ...
of the bloodworm family (
Chironomidae
The Chironomidae (informally known as chironomids, nonbiting midges, or lake flies) comprise a family of nematoceran flies with a global distribution. They are closely related to the Ceratopogonidae, Simuliidae, and Thaumaleidae. Many specie ...
). All species in the genus are marine. They are found in the
intertidal zone of many coasts worldwide. The species ''
Clunio marinus'' is a long-standing model system in
Chronobiology
Chronobiology is a field of biology that examines timing processes, including periodic (cyclic) phenomena in living organisms, such as their adaptation to solar- and lunar-related rhythms. These cycles are known as biological rhythms. Chronob ...
and its genome has been sequenced. ''Clunio'' species can be dispersed widely by hitch-hiking on sea-turtles, feeding on algae growing on their carapace.
Species
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C. adriaticus''
Schiner 1856[
]
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C. africanus''
Hesse 1937
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C. aquilonius''
Tokinaga 1938
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C. balticus''
Heimbach 1978
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C. brasiliensis''
Oliviera 1950
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C. brevis''
Stone and Wirth 1947
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C. californiensis''
Hashimoto 1974
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C. fuscipennis''
Wirth 1952
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C. littoralis''
Stone and Wirth 1947
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C. marinus''
Haliday 1855
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C. marshalli''
Stone and Wirth 1947
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C. mediterraneus''
Neumann 1966
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C. pacificus''
Edwards 1926
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C. ponticus''
Michailova 1980
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C. purpureus''
Hashimoto 1962
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C. schmitti''
Stone and Wirth 1947
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C. setoensis''
Tokunaga 1933
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C. takahashii''
Tokunaga 1938
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C. tsushimensis''
Tokunaga 1933
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C. tuthilli''
Tokunaga 1964
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C. vagans''
Stone & Wirth 1947
References
Chironomidae
Nematocera genera
Taxa named by Alexander Henry Haliday
Marine insects
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