Kiwa

Familia: Kiwaidae
Genus:
Species: K. araonae – K. hirsuta – K. puravida – K. tyleri

Kiwa Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005

• Authority for current placement: original
• undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Gender: feminine
• Original status: valid genus
• Type species: Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2005
  • Fixation: original designation [p. 713] [and monotypy]

• 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. PDF Reference page. 

• Rogers, A.D. et al. 2012: The discovery of new deep-sea hydrothermal vent communities in the Southern Ocean and implications for biogeography. PLoS Biol, 10(1): e1001234. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001234

• ION [needs update]
• Nomenclator Zoologicus [no record]

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