Kiwa hirsuta

Kiwa hirsuta

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Chirostyloidea
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Classis: Malacostraca Subclassis: Eumalacostraca Superordo: Eucarida Ordo: Decapoda Subordo: Pleocyemata Infraordo: Anomura Superfamilia: Chirostyloidea

Familia: Kiwaidae
Genus: Kiwa
Species: Kiwa hirsuta

Name

Kiwa hirsuta E. Macpherson, W. Jones, M. Segonzac, 2005

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]

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Yeti-Krabbe
Diné bizaad: Chʼoshtsoh biláshgaanʼilí
English: Yeti crab
Français: Galathée yéti
עברית: סרטן היטי
日本語: キワ・ヒルスタ
Polski: Owłosiony homar
Svenska: Kiwada
中文: 基瓦多毛怪