Kiwa hirsuta
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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Clade: Bilateria
Clade: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Decapoda
Subordo: Pleocyemata
Infraordo: Anomura
Superfamilia: Galatheoidea
Familia: Kiwaidae
Genus: Kiwa
Species: Kiwa hirsuta
[edit] Name
Kiwa hirsuta E. Macpherson, W. Jones, M. Segonzac, 2005
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin, hirsutus, hairy, in reference to the abundance of setae on pereopods.
[edit] 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. In English with resumé in French[1]
- Ifremer (Institut français de recherche pour l'exploitation de la mer). Image du mois: Kiwa hirsuta: le crustacé décapode très velu a enfin un nom![2]
- BBC (8 Mar 2006): 'Furry lobster' find in Pacific[3]
[edit] Vernacular names
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English: Yeti Crab
Français: Galathée yéti
Polski: Owłosiony homar
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