About the Authors

Peter B. Marko

pmarko@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Honolulu, Hawai’i, United States of America

Holly A. Nance

Affiliation Indian River State College, Fort Pierce, Florida, United States of America

Peter van den Hurk

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM PH HN. Performed the experiments: PH. Analyzed the data: PH PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM PH HN. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PM PH HN. Sample acquisition: HN.