Phylogeography and population genetics of the white spotted eagle ray, Aetobatus laticeps Gill, 1865, in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

• Mateo Vinueza Guarderas,

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

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

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• María de Lourdes Torres,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador, Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galápagos, Ecuador

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• María José Pozo Andrade,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratorio de Biotecnología Vegetal, Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6002-8820

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• Adriana Cevallos,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Laica Eloy Alfaro de Manabí (ULEAM), Manta, Ecuador

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• Javier Tovar-Ávila,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centro Regional de Investigaciones Acuícolas y Pesqueras (CRIAP), Instituto Mexicano de Investigación en Pesca y Acuacultura Sustentable (IMIPAS), Bahía de Banderas, Nayarit, México

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9095-5801

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• Rossana Maguiño,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación ecOceánica, San Borja, Lima, Perú

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4305-8048

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• Daniella Biffi,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación ecOceánica, San Borja, Lima, Perú

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• Carmen González,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Fundación ecOceánica, San Borja, Lima, Perú

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• Sebastián Hernández,

  Roles Investigation, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biomolecular Laboratory, Center for International Programmes and Sustainability Studies, Universidad LCI Veritas, San José, Costa Rica, Sala de Colecciones, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar, Universidad Católica del Norte, Coquimbo, Elqui, Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador-Sede Manabí (PUCESM), Manta, Ecuador

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• Diana A. Pazmiño

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: dapazmino@usfq.edu.ec

  Affiliations Galápagos Science Center (GSC), Colegio de Ciencias Biológicas y Ambientales, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Puerto Baquerizo Moreno, Galápagos, Ecuador, MigraMar, Olema, California, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7082-3254

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