WoRMS taxon details
Kiwa Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005
AphiaID: 249750
AphiaID: 249750
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Eucarida (Superorder) > Decapoda (Order) > Pleocyemata (Suborder) > Anomura (Infraorder) > Chirostyloidea (Superfamily) > Kiwaidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Added by Database Management Team | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Typetaxon | Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005 (type by original designation) | |||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Kiwaidae Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005 | |||||||
| Parent | Kiwaidae Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005 | |||||||
| Source |
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. Zoosystema 27 (4) : 709-723., available online at http://www.mnhn.fr/museum/front/medias/publication/6892_z05n4a3.pdf [details] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005 Species Kiwa puravida Thurber, Jones & Schnabel, 2011 | |||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| Note |
Etymology: The name refers to the goddess of the shellfish in the Polynesian mythology (Kiwa). The gender is femine. [details] | |||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249750 | |||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Kiwa Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249750 on 2013-05-25 | ||||||||
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