About the Authors

Julie Reveillaud

julie.reveillaud@ugent.be

Affiliations Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, CeMoFE, Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent, Belgium

Rob van Soest

Affiliation Zoological Museum of the University of Amsterdam (ZMA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Sofie Derycke

Affiliations Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, CeMoFE, Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent, Belgium

Bernard Picton

Affiliation Department of Natural Sciences, National Museums Northern Ireland, Holywood, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

Annelien Rigaux

Affiliations Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, CeMoFE, Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent, Belgium

Ann Vanreusel

Affiliations Marine Biology Section, Biology Department, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, CeMoFE, Center for Molecular Phylogeny and Evolution, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR RS. Performed the experiments: JR AR RS. Analyzed the data: JR RS BP SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV RS. Wrote the paper: JR RS SD.