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
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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.