About the Authors

Chi Chiu Cheang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chi Chiu Cheang, Ling Ming Tsang

Affiliations Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Ling Ming Tsang

Contributed equally to this work with: Chi Chiu Cheang, Ling Ming Tsang

Affiliation Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Ka Hou Chu

Affiliation Simon F. S. Li Marine Science Laboratory, School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

I-Jiunn Cheng

Affiliation Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan

Benny K. K. Chan

chankk@gate.sinica.edu.tw

Affiliation Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCC BKKC KHC LMT. Performed the experiments: CCC BKKC. Analyzed the data: CCC BKKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IJC. Wrote the paper: CCC BKKC.