''Leptoclinides cucurbitus'' is an

Ascidiacea Ascidiacea, commonly known as the ascidians or sea squirts, is a paraphyletic class in the subphylum Tunicata of sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders. Ascidians are characterized by a tough outer test or "tunic" made of the polysacchari ...

from the family

Didemnidae Didemnidae is the largest family of colonial tunicates in the order Aplousobranchia. These marine animals are found in shallow water on the seabed. Members of this family have reduced zooids that form highly integrated and encrusting sheet-like ...

. The scientific name of the species was first published and made valid by Kott in 2004.

References

*Sanamyan, K. (2012). Leptoclinides cucurbitus Kott, 2004. In: Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira Da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turron, X. (2012) Ascidiacea World Database. * Accessed via: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=250726 Didemnidae {{Tunicata-stub