About the Authors

Oriana Migliaccio

Affiliation Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

Immacolata Castellano

Affiliation Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

Paola Cirino

Affiliation Marine Resources for Research Service, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

Giovanna Romano

Affiliation Department of Integrative Marine Ecology, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

Anna Palumbo

anna.palumbo@szn.it

Affiliation Department of Biology and Evolution of Marine Organisms, Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn, Villa Comunale, Naples, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: OM AP. Performed the experiments: OM. Analyzed the data: OM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PC AP. Wrote the paper: OM IC GR AP.