Kiwa

Kiwa hirsuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chirostyloidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Superclassis: Multicrustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Chirostyloidea

Familia: Kiwaidae
Genus: Kiwa
Species: K. araonae – K. hirsuta – K. puravida – K. tyleri

Name

Kiwa Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005

• Authority for current placement: original
• undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: feminine
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005
  • Fixation: original designation [p. 713] [and monotypy]

References

Primary references

• Macpherson, E., Jones, W. & Segonzac, M. 2005. A new squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge. Zoosystema 27(4): 709–723. PDF Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rogers, A.D. et al. 2012: The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the Southern Ocean and implications for biogeography. PLoS Biol, 10(1): e1001234. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234

Links

• ION [needs update]
• Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Yeti-Krabbe
English: Yeti Crab
français: Galathée yéti
עברית: סרטן היטי
日本語: キワ・ヒルスタ
Diné bizaad: Chʼoshtsoh biláshgaanʼilí
polski: Owłosiony homar
svenska: Kiwada
中文: 基瓦多毛怪

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