About the Authors

Jih-Terng Wang

jtw@mail.tajen.edu.tw (J-TW); acropora.chen@gmail.com (CAC)

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan

Yi-Yun Chen

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, Tajen University, Pingtung, Taiwan

Kwee Siong Tew

Affiliations National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan, Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolution, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan

Pei-Jei Meng

Affiliations National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan, Institute of Marine Biodiversity and Evolution, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan

Chaolun A. Chen

Affiliations Biodiversity Research Center and Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP)-Biodiversity, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW CC. Performed the experiments: JW YC. Analyzed the data: JW KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW KT PM. Wrote the paper: JW CC.