About the Authors

Luis Martell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

luisfmartell@gmail.com

Affiliations University Museum of Bergen, Department of Natural History, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy

Roberta Bracale

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy

Steven A. Carrion

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida, United States of America

Jennifer E. Purcell

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington, United States of America

Marco Lezzi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy

Cinzia Gravili

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy, CoNISMa, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy

Stefano Piraino

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy, CoNISMa, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy

Ferdinando Boero

Roles Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche e Ambientali, Università del Salento, Lecce, Italy, CoNISMa, Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze del Mare, Rome, Italy, CNR-ISMAR, Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, UO Genova, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.