A new squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific-Antarctic Ridge Author Macpherson, Enrique Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Blanes (CSIC), C. acc. Cala San Francesc 14, E- 17300 Blanes (Spain) macpherson @ ceab. csic. es Author Jones, William Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, 7700 Sandholdt Road, Moss Landing CA (USA) jones @ mbari. org jones@mbari.org Author Segonzac, Michel Ifremer, Centre de Brest, DEEP / Laboratoire Environnement Profond-Centob, BP 70, F- 29280 Plouzané (France) segonzac @ ifremer. fr text Zoosystema 2005 27 4 709 723 journal article 6355 10.5281/zenodo.4689563 11e1865b-25d2-4da9-b38a-17f72b9193d9 1638-9387 4689563 BFE16414-71A4-4276-86E6-D30A752699D1 Genus Kiwa n. gen. TYPE AND ONLY SPECIES . — Kiwa hirsuta n. sp. ETYMOLOGY. — The name refers to the goddess of the shellfish in the Polynesian mythology ( Kiwa ). The gender is feminine. DIAGNOSIS. — Characters as for the family.