Okay, it’s not actually a lobster but that’s how it’s being described.
It’s so unique that a new family (Kiwaida) and genus was created for it.
Here are links to a few sites reporting on the discovery:
The name of the new family and genus refers to Kiwa, the goddess of the shellfish in Polynesian mythology.
The species name K. hirsuta comes from Latin and means hairy!
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Galatheoidea
Family: Kiwaidae
Genus: Kiwa
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Anomura
Superfamily: Galatheoidea
Family: Kiwaidae
Genus: Kiwa
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