Leptoclinides, Bjerkan, 1905

Kott, Patricia, 2005, New and little-known species of Didemnidae (Ascidiacea, Tunicata) from Australia (Part 3), Journal of Natural History 39 (26), pp. 2409-2479 : 2414-2415

Key to Leptoclinides

1 Spicules stellate and mulberry-like, to 0.05 mm diameter L. complexum Kott, 2002a

– Spicules stellate, to more than 0.05 mm diameter.......... 2

2 Spicules to 0.22 mm diameter with 9–11 rays in optical transverse section, crowded at the surface and less crowded toward base... L. grandistellus Kott, 2004a

– Spicules not more than 0.1 mm diameter; distribution varies....... 3

3 Spicules to 0.06 mm diameter, 7–11 rays in optical transverse section.... 4

– Spicules to 0.08 mm diameter or more, 11–13 rays in optical transverse section. 6

4 Spicule rays 7–9 in optical transverse section; spicules in surface and lining common cloacal cavities................. 5

– Spicule rays 9–11 in optical transverse section; spicules present throughout colony................. L. frustus sp. nov.

5 Colony surface quilted............ L. prunus Kott, 2004b – Colony surface not quilted.......... L. decoratus Kott, 2004b

6 Spicule ray length/diameter ratio 0.1; spicules crowded throughout........................ L. cucurbitus Kott, 2004a

– Spicule ray length/diameter ratio 0.3; spicules sparse throughout....................... L. tuberculatus Kott, 2004a