Leptoclinides

Leptoclinides
Leptoclinides reticulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Subphylum:	Tunicata
Class:	Ascidiacea
Order:	Aplousobranchia
Family:	Didemnidae
Genus:	Leptoclinides Bjerkan, 1905[1]
Type species
Leptoclinides faeroensis Bjerkan, 1905
Synonyms[2]
Askonides Kott, 1962

Leptoclinides is a genus of tunicates belonging to the family Didemnidae. The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[3]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Leptoclinides:[4]

• Leptoclinides aciculus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides albamaculatus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides apertus Monniot F., 1989
• Leptoclinides aspiculatum Romanov, 1989
• Leptoclinides auranticus Brewin, 1956
• Leptoclinides brandi Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides brasiliensis Michaelsen, 1923
• Leptoclinides caelestis Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides capensis Michaelsen, 1934
• Leptoclinides carduus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides cavernosus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides coelenteratus (Kott, 1962)
• Leptoclinides comitus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides compactus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides complexus Kott, 2002
• Leptoclinides confirmatus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides constellatus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides coronatus Oliveira, Carvalho & Rocha, 2019
• Leptoclinides crocotulus Paiva et al., 2015
• Leptoclinides cucurbitus Kott, 2004
• Leptoclinides cuspidatus (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides decoratus Kott, 2004
• Leptoclinides diemenensis Michaelsen, 1924
• Leptoclinides doboensis (Sluiter, 1913)
• Leptoclinides dubius (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides duminus Millar, 1982
• Leptoclinides durus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides echinatus Tokioka, 1954
• Leptoclinides echinus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides erinaceus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides exiguus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides faeroensis Bjerkan, 1905
• Leptoclinides fluxus Kott, 2007
• Leptoclinides frustus Kott, 2005
• Leptoclinides fungiformis Kott, 1972
• Leptoclinides grandistellus Kott, 2004
• Leptoclinides hawaiiensis Tokioka, 1967
• Leptoclinides imperfectus (Kott, 1962)
• Leptoclinides kerguelenensis Kott, 1954
• Leptoclinides kingi Michaelsen, 1930
• Leptoclinides latus Monniot F., 1983
• Leptoclinides levitatus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides lissus Hastings, 1931
• Leptoclinides longicollis Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides lotufoi Oliveira, Carvalho & Rocha, 2019
• Leptoclinides macrotestis Romanov, 1977
• Leptoclinides maculatus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides madara Tokioka, 1953
• Leptoclinides magnistellus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides marmoratus (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides marmoreus Brewin, 1956
• Leptoclinides minimus Kott, 2005
• Leptoclinides multilobatus Kott, 1954
• Leptoclinides multipapillatus Monniot F., 1989
• Leptoclinides novaezelandiae Brewin, 1958
• Leptoclinides ocellatus (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides oscitans Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
• Leptoclinides placidus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides planus Monniot F., 2010
• Leptoclinides prunus Kott, 2004
• Leptoclinides pulvinus Kott, 2005
• Leptoclinides ramosum (Gottschaldt, 1898)
• Leptoclinides reticulatus (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides rigidus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides robiginis Monniot F., 1989
• Leptoclinides rufus (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides rugosum Tokioka, 1962
• Leptoclinides seminudus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides sluiteri Brewin, 1950
• Leptoclinides sparsus Michaelsen, 1924
• Leptoclinides subviridis (Sluiter, 1909)
• Leptoclinides sulawesii Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
• Leptoclinides torosus Monniot F., 1983
• Leptoclinides tuberculatus Kott, 2004
• Leptoclinides tulearensis Plante & Vasseur, 1966
• Leptoclinides umbrosus Kott, 2001
• Leptoclinides uniorbis Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1996
• Leptoclinides unitestis Monniot F., 1989
• Leptoclinides vesica Kott, 2008
• Leptoclinides volvus Kott, 1975

References

1. Bjerkan, Paul (1905). "Ascidien von dem norwegischen Fischereidampfer 'Michael Sars' in den Jahren 1900–1904 gesammelt". Bergens Museums Aarbog. 1905 (5): 20.
2. Kott, Patricia (1971). "Antarctic Ascidiacea II". In Llano, George A.; Wallen, Eugene (eds.). Biology of the Antarctic Seas IV. Antarctic Research Series. Vol. 17. pp. 11, 38. doi:10.1029/AR017p0011. ISBN 0-87590-117-4.
3. "Leptoclinides Bjerkan, 1905". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 10 June 2021.
4. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leptoclinides Bjerkan, 1905". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2022-08-17.