Decanet taxon details
Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005
249751 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249751)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
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. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 27(4): 709-723. [details] Available for editors 
Etymology From the Latin, hirsutus, hairy, in reference to the abundance of setae on pereopods.
Etymology From the Latin, hirsutus, hairy, in reference to the abundance of setae on pereopods. [details]
DecaNet eds. (2025). DecaNet. Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005. Accessed at: https://decanet.info/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249751 on 2025-09-12
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original description
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. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 27(4): 709-723. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Baba, K.; Macpherson, E.; Poore, G.; Ahyong, S.; Bermudez, A.; Cabezas, P.; Lin, C.-W.; Nizinski, M.; Rodrigues, C.; Schnabel, K. (2008). Catalogue of squat lobsters of the world (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura - families Chirostylidae, Galatheidae and Kiwaidae). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1905: 1-220. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Etymology From the Latin, hirsutus, hairy, in reference to the abundance of setae on pereopods. [details]
Discovery of the Yeti crab - MBARI
Press release on Yeti crab - Ifremer
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kiwa hirsuta)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
Press release on Yeti crab - Ifremer
To Barcode of Life
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Kiwa hirsuta)
To GenBank (14 nucleotides; 9 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database