About the Authors

Alberto Lindner

alindner@usp.br

Affiliation Centro de Biologia Marinha, Universidade de São Paulo, São Sebastião, São Paulo, Brazil

Stephen D. Cairns

Affiliation National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Clifford W. Cunningham

Affiliation Biology Department, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CC AL SC. Performed the experiments: AL. Analyzed the data: CC AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC AL SC. Wrote the paper: CC AL SC.