About the Authors

Yvonne Sawall

ysawall@geomar.de

Affiliation Benthic Ecology group, Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research (GEOMAR), Kiel, Germany

Abdulmohsin Al-Sofyani

Affiliation Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, King Abdulaziz University (KAU), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Eulalia Banguera-Hinestroza

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Christian R. Voolstra

Affiliation Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS AA. Performed the experiments: YS AA EBH. Analyzed the data: YS EBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS AA EBH CRV. Wrote the paper: YS EBH CRV.