About the Authors

Wagner F. Magalhães

wagnerfm@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Victor Corrêa Seixas

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Paulo Cesar Paiva

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rodolfo Elias

Affiliation Departamento de Ciencias Marinas, Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata, Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WM VS PP. Performed the experiments: WM VS PP RE. Analyzed the data: WM VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WM VS PP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: WM VS PP RE.