| Kiwa hirsuta | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Decapoda |
| Suborder: | Pleocyemata |
| Infraorder: | Anomura |
| Family: | Kiwaidae |
| Genus: | Kiwa |
| Species: | K. hirsuta
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| Binomial name | |
| Kiwa hirsuta Macpherson, Jones & Segonzac, 2006
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Kiwa hirsuta is a crustacean discovered in 2005 in the South Pacific Ocean.[1] This decapod, which is approximately 15 cm (5.9 in) long, is notable for the quantity of silky blond setae (resembling fur) covering its pereiopods (thoracic legs, including claws). Its discoverers dubbed it the "yeti lobster" or "yeti crab".[2]
- ^ E. Macpherson, W. Jones & M. Segonzac (2006). "A new squat lobster family of Galatheoidea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) from the hydrothermal vents of the Pacific–Antarctic Ridge" (PDF). Zoosystema. 27 (4): 709–723.
- ^ "'Furry lobster' found in Pacific". BBC News. March 8, 2006.