About the Authors

Timothy Jegla

tjj3@psu.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology and Huck Institute of Life Sciences, Eberly College of Science, Penn State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Heather Q. Marlow

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Bihan Chen

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

David K. Simmons

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Sarah M. Jacobo

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Mark Q. Martindale

Affiliation Kewalo Marine Laboratory, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJ HQM MQM. Performed the experiments: TJ HQM BC SMJ. Analyzed the data: TJ HQM BC DKS SMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HQM MQM. Wrote the paper: TJ DKS MQM.