taxonID	type	description	language	source
03E7180AA175FFC4FF6CFCACFED2C3ED.taxon	materials_examined	Type material Holotype: MUZAC- 6550, 7 cm in height, July 2014, collected by F. Mastrototaro and G. Chimienti, type locality, 3 – 5 m depth, dissected, preserved in 5 % formalin. Paratypes: MUZAC- 6551 and MUZAC- 6552, two specimens preserved in 99 % ethanol, collected by F. Mastrototaro and G. Chimienti, type locality, 3 – 5 m depth, not dissected. The holotype and the paratypes have been deposited in the collection of the Zoological Museum of the University of Bari. Type locality: Olbia, north-eastern coasts of Sardinia, Italy (40 ° 54 ′ 55 ″ N, 9 ° 34 ′ 05 ″ E). Etymology The specific name refers to anatomical features of this species that appear intermediate compared with other species of Ciona (from Latin inter, between, and medium, middle).	en	Mastrototaro, Francesco, Montesanto, Federica, Salonna, Marika, Viard, Frédérique, Chimienti, Giovanni, Trainito, Egidio, Gissi, Carmela (2020): An integrative taxonomic framework for the study of the genus Ciona (Ascidiacea) and description of a new species, Ciona intermedia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (4): 1193-1216, DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa042, URL: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/190/4/1193/5848546
