About the Authors

Susanna López-Legentil

slopez@ub.edu

Affiliation Department of Animal Biology (Invertebrates), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Bongkeun Song

Affiliation Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Manel Bosch

Affiliation Scientific and Technical Services (Confocal Microscopy), University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Joseph R. Pawlik

Affiliation Center for Marine Science, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Xavier Turon

Affiliation Center for Advanced Studies of Blanes, Spanish National Research Council, Blanes, Girona, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SL-L BS XT. Performed the experiments: SL-L XT. Analyzed the data: SL-L MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL-L BS MB JRP. Wrote the paper: SL-L. Revised the manuscript: BS MB JRP XT.