Chen, Chong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5035-4021
Watanabe, Hiromi Kayama
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18K06401)
Council for Science, Technology and Innovation (Cross Ministerial Strategic Innovation Promotion Program (SIP), Next-generation Technology for Ocean Resource Exploration)
Article History
Received: 11 August 2020
Revised: 6 October 2020
Accepted: 25 October 2020
First Online: 14 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The study species is an invertebrate gastropod and no experimental manipulation was undertaken on live animals in this study. All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed by the authors.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observations have been obtained by the author or contributors mentioned in the acknowledgments, where applicable. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: New DNA sequences generated were deposited in GenBank under accession numbers MW065564–MW065566. All other data generated or analyzed during this study are included in this published article.
: C.C. conceived and designed the study. C.C. collected the specimens used and carried out the morphology part of the lab work and analyses. H.K.W. carried out the genetics part of the lab work and analyses. C.C. drafted the manuscript which was critically edited by H.K.W. Both authors gave final approval for submission and publication.