About the Authors
- Hironobu Fukami
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Affiliation Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Shirahama, Wakayama, Japan
- Chaolun Allen Chen
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Affiliations Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Ann F. Budd
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Affiliation Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Allen Collins
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Affiliation National Systematics Laboratory, NOAA Fisheries Service, National Museum of Natural History, MRC 153, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Carden Wallace
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Affiliation Museum of Tropical Queensland, Townsville, Australia
- Yao-Yang Chuang
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Affiliations Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chienhsun Chen
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Affiliations Biodiversity Research Centre, Academia Sinica, Nangang, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Chang-Feng Dai
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Affiliation Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
- Kenji Iwao
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Affiliation Akajima Marine Science Laboratory, Zamami-son, Okinawa, Japan
- Charles Sheppard
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
- Nancy Knowlton
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* E-mail: knowlton@si.edu
Affiliations Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, MRC 163, Washington, D. C., United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HF CAC. Performed the experiments: HF CAC YYC CC. Analyzed the data: HF CAC AC YYC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HF CAC AC CFD KI CS. Wrote the paper: HF CAC AC NK. Provided financial support and guided the integration of the various contributions from different team members: NK. Provided information on the traditional systematics of corals that contributed to the interpretation of results and data in table 2 in supplementary information: AFB CW. Commented on manuscript: AFB CW.