Fabiani, Godfrey https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3668-841X
Mtonga, Cretus Joseph
Chauka, Leonard Jones
Rumisha, Cyrus
Muhando, Christopher Adriano
Funding for this research was provided by:
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association
Article History
Received: 13 October 2022
Revised: 5 April 2023
Accepted: 14 April 2023
First Online: 12 June 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All applicable international guidelines for animal testing and the use of animals were followed by the authors.
: 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.
: The dataset of all COI sequences are available in the GenBank repository with the accession numbers ON631654 - ON631731.
: The study was conceptualized, planned, and carried out by Fabiani G and Chauka JL. Fabiani G and Rumisha C analyzed laboratory molecular samples. Fabiani G and Mtonga JC conducted a statistical analysis of the data. Mtonga JC and Fabiani G wrote the manuscript. Muhando AC, Chauka JL, and Rumisha C revised the manuscript. The final paper was read and approved by all authors.