About the Authors

Diarmaid Ó Foighil

diarmaid@umich.edu

Affiliation Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Jingchun Li

Affiliation Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Taehwan Lee

Affiliation Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Paul Johnson

Affiliation Alabama Aquatic Biodiversity Center, Marion, Alabama, United States of America

Ryan Evans

Affiliation Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission, Frankfort, Kentucky, United States of America

John B. Burch

Affiliation Museum of Zoology and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DÓF JL TL PJ RE. Performed the experiments: JL TL PJ RE. Analyzed the data: JL TL PJ RE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DÓF PJ RE. Wrote the paper: DÓF. Identified Rhodacmea filosa: JB.