About the Authors
- Mark J. Costello
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J. Costello, Ward Appeltans
* E-mail: m.costello@auckland.ac.nz
Affiliation Leigh Marine Laboratory, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
- Philippe Bouchet
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Affiliation Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
- Geoff Boxshall
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Affiliation The Natural History Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Kristian Fauchald
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Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Dennis Gordon
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Affiliation Aquatic Biodiversity & Biosecurity, National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research, Wellington, New Zealand
- Bert W. Hoeksema
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Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Gary C. B. Poore
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Affiliation Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Rob W. M. van Soest
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Affiliation Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Sabine Stöhr
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Affiliation Swedish Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Stockholm, Sweden
- T. Chad Walter
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Affiliation Smithsonian Institution, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America
- Bart Vanhoorne
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Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium
- Wim Decock
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Affiliation Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium
- Ward Appeltans
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mark J. Costello, Ward Appeltans
Affiliations Flanders Marine Institute, Ostend, Belgium, Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO; IOC Project Office for IODE, Ostend, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MJC PB GB KF DG BWH GCBP RWMvS SS TCW BV WA. Analyzed the data: MJC BV WD WA. Wrote the paper: MJC PB GB KF DG BWH GCBP RWMvS SS TCW BV WD WA.