Kiwaidae Macpherson & Jones & Segonzac 2005, n. fam. ...

• Main Authors: Macpherson, Enrique, Jones, William, Segonzac, Michel
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Decapoda; Kiwaidae; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4891417; https://zenodo.org/record/4891417

Family KIWAIDAE n. fam. TYPE GENUS. — Kiwa n. gen. ETYMOLOGY. — The name is derived from the type genus Kiwa n. gen. DESCRIPTION Body depressed, symmetrical. Carapace calcified, slightly convex, smooth. Rostrum well developed, triangular. Cervical grooves clearly distinct between gastric and anterior branchial regions and between anterior and posterior branchial regions; either side of mesogastric region with small sharply defined tip. Cardiac region small and depressed and separated from branchial regions by shallow grooves. Anterior branchial regions well delimited and separated by short median longitudinal groove; small W-shaped groove over this groove. Posterior branchial regions separated by median longitudinal groove. Intestinal region well circumscribed and separat- ed from branchial regions by distinct grooves. Posterior half of pterygostomian flap with two longitudinal and subparallel carina. Abdominal segments smooth, not folded against thorax; telson folded beneath preceding abdominal somite, with ... : Published as part of 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, pp. 709-723 in Zoosystema 27 (4) on page 712, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4689563 ...