About the Authors

M. Antonio Todaro

antonio.todaro@unimore.it

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Matteo Dal Zotto

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy

Ulf Jondelius

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Rick Hochberg

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts, United States of America

William D. Hummon

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Tobias Kånneby

Affiliation Department of Invertebrate Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm, Sweden

Carlos E. F. Rocha

Affiliation Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAT. Performed the experiments: MAT MDZ TK. Analyzed the data: MAT MDZ TK UJ RH WDH CEFR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAT CEFR UJ RH WDH. Wrote the paper: MAT.