Kiwa Macpherson & Jones & Segonzac 2005, n. gen.

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. Published as part of Macpherson, Enrique, Jones, William & Segonzac,...

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Main Authors: Macpherson, Enrique, Jones, William, Segonzac, Michel
Format: Other/Unknown Material
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Published: 2005
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Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/4689444
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4689444
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Summary: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. 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 713, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.4689563