Morphological and molecular identification of the new species Ciona intermedia  sp. nov. (Tunicata, Ascidiacea)
-  the new species Ciona intermedia  sp. nov. was collected in the North-eastern Sardinian coasts - Molecular characterization of the holotype of Ciona intermedia  sp. nov. were based on based on three regions of the mitochondrial genome - Phylogenetic reconstructions of the Ciona genus were based on three mitochondrial  regions