Importance of Barcoding and Molecular Systematics of Marine Ascidians: A Mini Review

Species identification and classifications has traditionally been the specialist domain of taxonomists, providing a nomenclatural backbone and a key prerequisite for numerous biological studies. Indeed, today's society has to resolve many crucial biological issues like need to maintain biodiversity, to ensure bio-security, to protect species and to avoid pandemics. The achievement of such goals and the success of subsequent action programs require efficient global networks and rely on our capacity to identify any described species.