About the Authors

Martin V. Sørensen

mvsorensen@snm.ku.dk

Affiliation Section of GeoGenetics, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Matteo Dal Zotto

Current Address: Consortium for the Interuniversity Center of Marine Biology and Applied Ecology, Livorno, Italy

Affiliation Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Hyun Soo Rho

Affiliation Dokdo Research Center, Korean Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, Uljin, Korea

Maria Herranz

Current address: Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Nuria Sánchez

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Fernando Pardos

Affiliation Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Hiroshi Yamasaki

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, Biology & Marine Science, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MVS MDZ HSR HY. Performed the experiments: MVS MDZ HSR HY. Analyzed the data: HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MVS MDZ HSR HY MH NS FP. Wrote the paper: MVS. Carried out molecular sequencing: MVS MDZ MSR HY. Contributed with specimens: MVS MDZ MSR HY MH NS FP. Contributed intellectually to the manuscript: MVS MDZ MSR HY MH NS FP. Corrected and proofed the manuscript: MVS MDZ MSR HY MH NS FP.