A shot in the dark: Comparative morphology of the bioluminescent tube organs in tubeshoulders (Platytroctidae)

• Emily M. Carr ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emily M. Carr, Rene P. Martin, Michael J. Ghedotti, John S. Sparks

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: ecarr@amnh.org

  Affiliations American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, New York, New York, United States of America, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7985-863X

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• Rene P. Martin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emily M. Carr, Rene P. Martin, Michael J. Ghedotti, John S. Sparks

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, New York, New York, United States of America, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, School of Natural Resources, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States of America

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• Michael J. Ghedotti ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emily M. Carr, Rene P. Martin, Michael J. Ghedotti, John S. Sparks

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Regis University, Department of Biology, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

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• John S. Sparks

  Contributed equally to this work with: Emily M. Carr, Rene P. Martin, Michael J. Ghedotti, John S. Sparks

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations American Museum of Natural History, Department of Ichthyology, Division of Vertebrate Zoology, New York, New York, United States of America, Richard Gilder Graduate School, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York, United States of America

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