About the Authors

Magdalena Blazewicz-Paszkowycz

magdab@biol.uni.lodz.pl

Affiliation Department of Polar Biology and Oceanobiology, University of Łódź, Łódź, Poland

Roger Bamber

Affiliation Artoo Marine Biology Consultants, Ocean Quay Marina, Southampton, Hants, United Kingdom

Gary Anderson

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBP RB GA. Analyzed the data: RB MBP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MBP RB GA. Wrote the paper: MBP RB. Data used in analysis through the Peracarida Homepage: GA.