1. Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM) – UM‐CNRS‐IRD‐EPHE, Université de Montpellier Place Eugène Bataillon – CC 64, 34095 Montpellier cedex 05 France
2. Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale (ISPRA) via Vitaliano Brancati 48, 00144 Roma Italy
3. IRBio and Department of Evolutive Biology, Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of BiologyUniversity of Barcelona Diagonal 643, 08028 Barcelona Spain
4. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV), PO Box 10 Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey and Veterinary Control Central Research Institute Ankara Turkey
5. MOm/Hellenic Society for the Study and Protection of the Monk seal Solomou Str. 18, 10682 Athens Greece
6. Turkish Marine Research Foundation (TUDAV), PO Box 10 Beykoz, Istanbul, Turkey and Istanbul University, Faculty of Aquatic Sciences Ordu Cad. No: 8 Laleli, Istanbul Turkey
7. Museo Zoologico, Centro Musei delle Scienze Naturali e Fisiche, Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II Via Mezzocannone, 8 ‐ 80134, Napoli Italy