Clunio

Clunio
Clunio pacificus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Chironomidae
Subfamily: Orthocladiinae
Genus: Clunio
Haliday, 1855

Clunio is a genus of non-biting midges in the subfamily Orthocladiinae of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae). 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 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

The following species are recognized by the World Register of Marine Species, with some additional species recognized by the Catalogue of Life (marked with C):

References

  1. ↑ Kaiser, Tobias S.; Poehn, Birgit; Szkiba, David; Preussner, Marco; Sedlazeck, Fritz J.; Zrim, Alexander; Neumann, Tobias; Nguyen, Lam-Tung; Betancourt, Andrea J. (2016). "The genomic basis of circadian and circalunar timing adaptations in a midge". Nature. 540 (7631): 69–73. Bibcode:2016Natur.540...69K. doi:10.1038/nature20151. PMC 5133387. PMID 27871090.
  2. ↑ Schärer, Michelle T.; Epler, J. H. (2007). "Long-Range Dispersal Possibilities Via Sea Turtle - A Case for Clunio and Pontomyia (Diptera: Chironomidae) in Puerto Rico". Entomological News. 118 (3): 273–277. doi:10.3157/0013-872X(2007)118[273:LDPVST]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0013-872X. S2CID 86459211.
  3. ↑ "Clunio Haliday, 1855". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2026-05-29.
  4. ↑ "Clunio Haliday, 1855". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 29 May 2026.