Kingdom Animalia Suborder Nematocera Superfamily Chironomoidea Phylum Arthropoda Rank Species | Class Insecta Infraorder Culicomorpha Family Chironomidae Genus Clunio Order Fly | |
Similar Clunio, Fly, Psectrocladius, Orthocladiinae, Metriocnemus | ||
Clunio marinus is a non-biting midge of the bloodworm family (Chironomidae). It is found in the intertidal zone of the European Atlantic Coast from Spain to Iceland. The species is a long-standing model system in Chronobiology, particularly for circalunar clocks and the evolution of biological clocks. Its genome has been sequenced.
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