Feldmann, Frederik https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7735-2880
Curto, Manuel
Sinigaglia, Livia
Alves, Cátia
Sacchetti, Claudia
dos Santos, António Múrias
Madeira, Patrícia
Ávila, Sérgio P.
Meimberg, Harald
Baptista, Lara
Article History
Received: 9 January 2026
Accepted: 17 June 2026
First Online: 8 July 2026
Declarations
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: This study does not include dealing with regulated invertebrates. All samples were collected in accordance with the following national permits: Governo Regional dos Açores, through Secretaria Regional do Mar e Das Pescas, Direção Regional dos Assuntos do Mar, and Direção Regional da Ciência e Tecnologia, for issuing the permits CCIP 24/2019/DRCT and CCIP 29/2021/DRCT for sampling in the Azores Archipelago. We also acknowledge the Secretaria Regional de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia of the Governo Regional da Madeira for the sampling permits Licença n. 2/2022 PS; 3/2022 M and we thank the Museo de Ciencias Naturales de Tenerife, Canary Islands for granting access to the samples deposited and rendered available for genetic studies.
: Not applicable. This study did not involve human participate, and no personal or sensitive data were collected.
: Not applicable. This study did not involve human participants, and no identifiable individual data are included in the manuscript.
: The authors declare no competing interests.