Kiwa Macpherson, Jones, and Segonzac 2005
- Dataset
- A new squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- Macpherson, Enrique, Jones, William, Segonzac, Michel (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, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689563
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Malacostraca
- order
- Decapoda
- family
- Kiwaidae
- genus
- Kiwa
diagnosis
DIAGNOSIS. — Characters as for the family.
etymology
ETYMOLOGY. — The name refers to the goddess of the shellfish in the Polynesian mythology (Kiwa). The gender is feminine.
materials_examined
TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES. — Kiwa hirsuta n. sp.