| Clunio marinus | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Arthropoda | 
| Class: | Insecta | 
| Order: | Diptera | 
| Family: | Chironomidae | 
| Genus: | Clunio | 
| Species: | C. marinus | 
| Binomial name | |
| Clunio marinus  Haliday, 1855 | |
Clunio marinus is a species of non-biting midge in the bloodworm family (Chironomidae). It is found in the intertidal zone of the European Atlantic coast from Spain to Iceland. [1] The species is a long-standing model system in chronobiology, particularly for circalunar clocks and the evolution of biological clocks. [2] [3] [4] Its genome has been sequenced. [5]