About the Authors

Dieta Hanson

Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America, Redpath Museum and Department of Biology, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Samantha Cooke

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Yayoi Hirano

Affiliation Graduate School of Science, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Manuel A. E. Malaquias

Affiliation Phylogenetic Systematics and Evolution Research Group, University Museum of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Fabio Crocetta

Affiliation Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Napoli, Italy

Ángel Valdés

aavaldes@csupomona.edu

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH YH MM FC AV. Performed the experiments: DH SC YH MM FC AV. Analyzed the data: DH SC YH MM FC AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH MM FC AV. Wrote the manuscript: DH YH MM FC AV.