About the Authors

Oliana Carnevali

o.carnevali@univpm.it

Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Roma, Italy

Luca Tosti

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Claudia Speciale

Affiliation Department of Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy

Chun Peng

Affiliation Department of Biology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Yong Zhu

Affiliation Department of Biology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Francesca Maradonna

Affiliations Department of Marine Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, National Institute of Biostructures and Biosystems, Roma, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OC LT FM. Performed the experiments: LT Cs FM. Analyzed the data: OC LT FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OC CP YZ. Wrote the paper: OC FM. Revised the paper: CP YZ.