(1) The species was named and described in 2013 and discovered in 2015 by Samuel P. Iglésias and Lou Frotté .
(2) The species were discovered in 2013 and were named and described by Samuel P. Iglésias and Lou Frotté in 2015 .

Do these two sentences mean the same thing?

Select from:
(I) no
(II) yes
(I)