About the Authors

Robert W. Bryson Jr

brysonjr@uw.edu

Affiliations School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, Department of Biology and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Brett R. Riddle

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Matthew R. Graham

Affiliation School of Life Sciences, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America

Brian Tilston Smith

Affiliation Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America

Lorenzo Prendini

Affiliation Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RWB BRR MRG BTS LP. Performed the experiments: RWB. Analyzed the data: RWB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RWB BRR MRG BTS LP. Wrote the paper: RWB BRR. Revised the manuscript: MRG BTS LP.