About the Authors

Thomas Wesener

thomas.wesener@rub.de

Affiliation Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Bonn, Germany

Michael J. Raupach

Affiliation AG Molekulare Taxonomie Mariner Organismen, Deutsches Zentrum für Marine Biodiversitätsforschung, Senckenberg am Meer, Wilhelmshaven, Germany

Peter Decker

Affiliation Metadatenbank Myriapoda, Bodenzoologie, Senckenberg Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, Görlitz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TW MJR PD. Performed the experiments: TW MJR. Analyzed the data: TW MJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW MJR. Wrote the paper: TW MJR PD.