About the Authors

Mari Carmen Pineda

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Susanna López-Legentil

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Xavier Turon

xturon@ceab.csic.es

Affiliation Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CEAB-CSIC), Blanes, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MCP SL-L XT. Performed the experiments: MCP. Analyzed the data: MCP SL-L XT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL-L XT. Wrote the paper: MCP SL-L XT.