About the Authors

Eric Pante

pante.eric@gmail.com

Current address: Littoral, Environnement et Sociétés, UMR 7266 CNRS, Université de La Rochelle, La Rochelle, France

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America

Scott C. France

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana, United States of America

Arnaud Couloux

Affiliation GENOSCOPE, Centre National de Séquençage, Evry, France

Corinne Cruaud

Affiliation GENOSCOPE, Centre National de Séquençage, Evry, France

Catherine S. McFadden

Affiliation Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, California, United States of America

Sarah Samadi

Affiliation Département Systématique et Evolution, UMR 7138 UPMC-IRD-MNHN-CNRS (UR IRD 148), Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Paris, France

Les Watling

Affiliations Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Darling Marine Center, University of Maine, Walpole, Maine, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EGP SCF. Performed the experiments: EGP. Analyzed the data: EGP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EGP SCF AC CC SS CSM LW. Wrote the paper: EGP SCF.