Nascimento, Karine B. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3081-4975
Migotto, Alvaro E. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3887-1947
Vaga, Claudia F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7431-7452
Vieira, Leandro M. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8661-8861
Funding for this research was provided by:
Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (422563/2016-1, 308768/2018-3)
Article History
Received: 21 September 2021
Revised: 1 February 2022
Accepted: 2 February 2022
First Online: 28 February 2022
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interest.
: No animal testing was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgements. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: Specimens are deposited at the Museu de Zoologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil, and at the bryozoan collection of Museu de Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Brazil under numbers MZSP 2387–2394 and UFPE 1000–1007. Genetic data are deposited in GenBank () under the accession numbers OK120839 and OK120385.
: LMV conceived and designed the manuscript. KBN collected samples and provided DNA sequences. CFV and LMV conducted molecular analysis. KBN, AEM, and LMV wrote the original draft. AEM and LMV provided interpretation of the data, wrote, and reviewed the final version of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the manuscript.