About the Authors

Juris A. Grasis

Contributed equally to this work with: Juris A. Grasis, Tim Lachnit

jagrasis@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Tim Lachnit

Contributed equally to this work with: Juris A. Grasis, Tim Lachnit

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Friederike Anton-Erxleben

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Yan Wei Lim

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Schmieder

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Sebastian Fraune

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Sören Franzenburg

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Santiago Insua

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

GloriaMay Machado

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Matthew Haynes

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Mark Little

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Robert Kimble

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Philip Rosenstiel

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Forest L. Rohwer

Affiliation Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Thomas C. G. Bosch

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Christian-Albrechts University Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JAG TL S. Fraune S. Franzenburg PR FLR TCGB. Performed the experiments: JAG TL FA-E YWL GM MH ML RK. Analyzed the data: JAG TL YWL TCGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS SI PR. Wrote the paper: JAG TCGB.