About the Authors

Ana Tronholm

Affiliations Phycology Research Group and Centre for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

Frederik Leliaert

Affiliation Phycology Research Group and Centre for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Marta Sansón

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

Julio Afonso-Carrillo

Affiliation Departamento de Biología Vegetal (Botánica), Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Canary Islands, Spain

Lennert Tyberghein

Affiliation Phycology Research Group and Centre for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Heroen Verbruggen

Affiliation Phycology Research Group and Centre for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Olivier De Clerck

olivier.declerck@ugent.be

Affiliation Phycology Research Group and Centre for Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT ODC FL MS JA-C. Analyzed the data: AT FL LT HV ODC. Wrote the paper: AT FL ODC. Verified the data for taxonomic consistency: AT ODC.