Kiwa, Macpherson & Jones & Segonzac, 2005

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), pp. 709-723 : 713

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.4689563
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:BFE16414-71A4-4276-86E6-D30A752699D1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689444
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4B8BE364-B9C4-4E14-B113-8933695307DD
taxon LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:act:4B8BE364-B9C4-4E14-B113-8933695307DD
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Kiwa
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Kiwa View in CoL 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.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Arthropoda
Class	Malacostraca
Order	Decapoda
SuperFamily	Galatheoidea
Family	Kiwaidae

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