identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03E7180AA175FFC4FF6CFCACFED2C3ED.text	03E7180AA175FFC4FF6CFCACFED2C3ED.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ciona intermedia Mastrototaro & Montesanto & Salonna & Viard & Chimienti & Trainito & Gissi 2020	<div><p>CIONA INTERMEDIA MASTROTOTARO SP. NOV.</p><p>lsid: urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: 362BF79A-E2A1-4B82- 9CD9-FD8DE36CEAB9</p><p>Type material</p><p>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.</p><p>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  .</p><p>Type locality: <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=9.568055&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=40.91528" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 9.568055/lat 40.91528)">Olbia</a>, north-eastern coasts of Sardinia, Italy (40°54′55″N, 9°34′05″E)  .</p><p>Etymology</p><p>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).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E7180AA175FFC4FF6CFCACFED2C3ED	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Plazi	Mastrototaro, Francesco;Montesanto, Federica;Salonna, Marika;Viard, Frédérique;Chimienti, Giovanni;Trainito, Egidio;Gissi, Carmela	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
