Williams, Jason D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5550-9988
Horch, Amanda P.
Ceballos, Angela
Bracken-Grissom, Heather
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (DEEPEND|RESTORE)
National Science Foundation (DBI-1337525)
Article History
Received: 28 June 2024
Revised: 18 September 2024
Accepted: 20 September 2024
First Online: 28 October 2024
Declarations
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: No approval of research ethics committees was required to accomplish the goals of this study because experimental work was conducted with an unregulated invertebrate species.
: 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, if applicable.
: The data generated and analyzed during this study are included in the Electronic Supplementary Material files.
: Bracken-Grissom collected the specimens. Williams and Horch completed all morphological analyses (light and scanning electron microscopy) and wrote the manuscript with Ceballos and Bracken-Grissom aiding in the writing. Ceballos and Bracken-Grissom completed the molecular analyses. All authors read and approved the manuscript.