Kiwa

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
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

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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