Weston, Johanna N. J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7142-3081
Espinosa-Leal, Liliana https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2099-8376
Wainwright, Jennifer A.
Stewart, Eva C. D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8383-5705
González, Carolina E. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-2501
Linley, Thomas D. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6583-3105
Reid, William D. K. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0190-0425
Hidalgo, Pamela https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5872-7574
Oliva, Marcelo E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1759-2797
Ulloa, Osvaldo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9501-5576
Wenzhöfer, Frank https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4621-0586
Glud, Ronnie N. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7069-893X
Escribano, Rubén https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9843-7723
Jamieson, Alan J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9835-2909
Funding for this research was provided by:
H2020 European Research Council (669947)
Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF145)
Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF145)
Newcastle University (Research Infrastructure Fund (RiF), Exploration of Extreme Ocean Environments)
National Agency of Research and Development (AUB 150006/12806)
National Agency for Research and Development Millennium Science Initiative (ICN 12_019-IMO)
Article History
Received: 4 November 2020
Revised: 11 March 2021
Accepted: 15 March 2021
First Online: 14 May 2021
Declarations
:
: 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.