About the Authors

Jade N. Herwig

Affiliation The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Martial Depczynski

m.depczynski@aims.gov.au

Affiliations The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

John D. Roberts

Affiliation Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Jayson M. Semmens

Affiliation Institute for Marine and Antarctic Research, Fisheries, Aquaculture and Coasts Centre, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Monica Gagliano

Affiliations Centre for Evolutionary Biology, School of Animal Biology, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Andrew J. Heyward

Affiliations The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia, Australian Institute of Marine Science, The Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JNH MD JDR JMS MG AJH. Performed the experiments: JNH MD JDR MG. Analyzed the data: JNH MD JMS MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MD JDR JMS MG AJH. Wrote the paper: JNH MD JDR MG JMS AJH. Instructed and supervised stylet ageing analyses: JMS MD.