Vaga, Claudia F. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7431-7452
Cairns, Stephen D. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7209-9271
McCartin, Luke J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5374-3148
Herrera, Santiago https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7204-9434
Kitahara, Marcelo V. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4011-016X
Quattrini, Andrea M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4247-3055
Funding for this research was provided by:
NOAA Ocean Exploration (NA18OAR0110289)
Gulf Research Program (2000013668)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2021/06866-6)
Conselho Nacional das Fundações Estaduais de Amparo à Pesquisa (305274/2021-0)
Article History
Received: 1 April 2025
Revised: 23 June 2025
Accepted: 25 June 2025
First Online: 29 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare 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.
: Complete mitochondrial genomes were deposited in the GenBank repository (accession numbers PV815617-22). Raw read data were uploaded to the Sequence Read Archive under the BioProjects# PRJNA1277317 and PRJNA1277313 - under the umbrella Mesophotic and Deep Benthic Community restoration project# PRJNA1135238 and the umbrella Smithsonian Institution DNA Barcoding Network project# PRJNA81359, respectively. BioSample# SAMN49105786-90, SAMN49106435-53. SRA# SRR34005811-5, SRR34027636-54. Accession numbers of already published and deposited in GenBank sequences used to build the alignments are listed in Supplementary Information 1.
: CFV and AMQ conceived and designed the study. SH contributed with specimens and resources. CFV and LJM conducted molecular work. CFV analyzed the data. CFV, SDC, MVK, and AMQ interpreted the results. CFV wrote the original draft. All authors edited and approved the final manuscript.This article is registered in ZooBank under .