Galván-Villa, Cristian M. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1927-2500
Solís-Marín, Francisco A. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5729-3316
Lopez, Karen
Cobb, Janessa http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6049-540X
Díaz-Pérez, Leopoldo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0271-9257
Rezende-Ventura, Carlos R. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1005-1333
Slivak, Nataly http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6109-5697
Ford, Colby T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-3622
Janies, Daniel A. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7890-9906
Article History
Received: 20 July 2023
Revised: 22 November 2023
Accepted: 24 November 2023
First Online: 21 December 2023
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: No animal testing was performed during this study.
: All necessary permits for sampling and observational field studies have been obtained by the authors from the competent authorities and are mentioned in the acknowledgments.
: Specimens are deposited at the biological collection of the Department of Ecology, Universidad de Guadalajara, Zapopan, Mexico, and at the National Collection of Echinoderms, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City. The sequences obtained in this study are deposited in GenBank. A GitHub Repository: ExternalRef removed contains data, trees, and code used in analyses.
: CMGV collected samples, conceived, and designed the manuscript. CMGV, LDP, DJ, and KL conducted sequencing and molecular analyses. JC, LDP, NS, and CRRV provided data and DNA sequences. FASM, DJ, JC, KL, and CMGV wrote the original draft. JC, DJ, CTF, KL, NS, and CMGV analyzed the data. FASM, JC, DJ, KL, NS, CRRV, and CMGV wrote and reviewed the final version of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: This study was supported partially by the GEF-Invasoras project with funds from PNUD (00089333 FSP-Fort, Capacidades para el Manejo de Especies Exóticas Invasoras 083999).