Toms, Jessica A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9378-5238
Pola, Marta http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0518-346X
von der Heyden, Sophie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9166-976X
Gosliner, Terrence M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3950-0243
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Science Foundation PEET Programe (DEB-0329054)
Foundational Biodiversity Information Programme (86957)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2020
Revised: 7 October 2020
Accepted: 14 October 2020
First Online: 5 January 2021
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All applicable international, national, and/or institutional guidelines for the 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.
: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available on the Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) and in GenBank database repositories. Other datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: All authors contributed to specimen collections and molecular data obtained. TG and MP conducted specimen dissections and captured SEM spectrographs. JT carried out all molecular analyses. All authors wrote sections in, edited and approved the final manuscript.