Corgosinho, Paulo Henrique Costa https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2851-6557
Schizas, Nikolaos V. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9436-2285
Rodríguez, Gerardo R.Vásquez https://orcid.org/0009-0007-9132-8384
Kihara, Terue Christina https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7292-251X
Lozano, Mônica Alfaro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Society of Systematic Biologists
Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation
Article History
Received: 4 July 2023
Revised: 30 September 2024
Accepted: 18 November 2024
First Online: 11 February 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for animal testing, animal care and 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, if applicable. The study is compliant with CBD and Nagoya protocols.
: Voucher specimens are deposited at the Museum of Marine Invertebrates (MMI-UPRM) at Magueyes Island and can be accessed via de museum numbers provided in the description. Molecular sequences, both original from this work or used from other studies are deposited in GenBank and can be accessed by the accession numbers given in methods section and Table of this contribution.
: PHCC field sampling, animal dissection, pencil illustration, writing of the manuscript; NVS field sampling, writing of the manuscript, genetic analysis, obtaining funding; GRVR digital illustration; TCK confocal microscopy; MAL manuscript correction, obtaining funding.