Kiwa tyleri

Kiwa tyleri

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: Kiwa tyleri

Name

Kiwa tyleri Thatje in Thatje et al., 2015

ZooBank: 9D3C4FEC-35B2-4CF9-9EDF-7192A1E88CCB

Holotype: female (CL = 4.7 cm) (NHMUK 2015.2791)

Type locality: 30/01/2010; 2395m; station: E9-141; 60°02.80’S, 29°58.70’W

Paratype: male (CL = 4.7 cm) (NHMUK 2015.2792)

Etymology: named after Paul A. Tyler.

References

• Thatje, S., Marsh, L., Roterman, C.N., Mavrogordato, M.N., Linse, K. 2015. Adaptations to Hydrothermal Vent Life in Kiwa tyleri, a New Species of Yeti Crab from the East Scotia Ridge, Antarctica. PLoS ONE. 10(6): e0127621. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127621 Reference page. 

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Links

• WoRMS (2020). Kiwa tyleri Thatje, 2015. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=850310 on 2020-06-27

• BHL bibliography
• Kiwa tyleri – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Kiwa tyleri.
• ION

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