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Article History

Received: 4 November 2020

Revised: 11 March 2021

Accepted: 15 March 2021

First Online: 14 May 2021

Declarations

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: The authors declare no competing interests.

: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the care and use of animals were followed. The invertebrates in this study were non-cephalopod.

: All necessary permits for sampling in Chile's Exclusive Economic Zone were obtained by the authors from the Servicio Hidrográfico y Oceanográfico de la Armada de Chile. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.

: All genetic sequences have been deposited into NCBI GenBank under accession numbers MW042878–MW042884, MW290039 for 16S sequences and MW048992–MW048996, MW288146 for COI sequences.

: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Dr Frank Wenzhöfer was the 2018 RV Sonne SO216 expedition leader, and Prof Ronnie N Glud was the scientific leader. Dr Osvaldo Ulloa was the Atacamex Expedition leader. Sampling design and specimen collection was conducted by Dr Alan J Jamieson, Dr Thomas D Linley, Dr Rubén Escribano, Dr Osvaldo Ulloa, and Dr Marcelo Oliva. Taxonomic analysis, description, and demographics were conducted by Johanna NJ Weston, Dr Liliana Espinosa-Leal, Jennifer A Wainwright, Eva CD Stewart, Dr Pamela Hidalgo, and Dr William DK Reid. Phylogenetic analysis was completed by Johanna NJ Weston, Dr Carolina E González, Jennifer A Wainwright, and Eva CD Stewart. All authors contributed to the interpretation of the results. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Johanna NJ Weston, Jennifer A Wainwright, and Eva CD Stewart, and subsequently integrated with material provided by Drs Liliana Espinosa-Leal and Carolina E González. All authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.