Press from publication of species description of new Yeti crab species

    Press/Media: Research cited

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    Yeti crabs, properly given the scientific genus name of Kiwa, were first discovered in 2005 living around hydrothermal vents – fissures in the sea floor that emit hot water and chemicals.

    Period24 Jun 2015 → 26 Jun 2015

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    • TitleAbominable snowmen of the sea make their way to the Museum
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletNatural history Museum
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date26/06/15
      DescriptionYeti crabs, properly given the scientific genus name of Kiwa, were first discovered in 2005 living around hydrothermal vents – fissures in the sea floor that emit hot water and chemicals.
      URLhttps://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2015/june/abominable-snowmen-sea-make-way-Museum.html
      PersonsNicolai Roterman
    • Title'Hoff crab' gets formal scientific name
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletBBC
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date25/06/15
      DescriptionA hairy crab that was dubbed "The Hoff" when it was first found in Antarctic waters has now been given a formal scientific description and name.

      The creature, which lives in vast communities around hot vents on the sea floor, will be known as Kiwa tyleri.
      Producer/AuthorJonathan Amos
      URLhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-33263621
      PersonsNicolai Roterman
    • TitleHow a blind, bristled, heat-loving yeti crab thrives in Antarctica
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletChristian Science Monitor
      Media typePrint
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date25/06/15
      DescriptionThe Kiwa tyleri is the first species of yeti crab to be found living in the Southern Ocean.
      Producer/AuthorNoelle Swan
      URLhttps://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2015/0625/How-a-blind-bristled-heat-loving-yeti-crab-thrives-in-Antarctica
      PersonsNicolai Roterman
    • TitleNew Species: Hairy-Chested Yeti Crab Found in Antarctica
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletNational Geographic
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date24/06/15
      DescriptionThe deep-sea crustacean, which lives near hydrothermal vents, is only the third species of yeti crab known to science.
      Producer/AuthorJASON BITTEL
      URLhttps://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/150624-new-species-yeti-crab-antarctica-oceans
      PersonsNicolai Roterman
    • Title'Yeti' Crab Grows Its Own Food, Lives in Antarctic Spa
      Degree of recognitionInternational
      Media name/outletLive Science
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date24/06/15
      DescriptionThere are three known species of yeti crabs, and now, in a new paper, scientists have described the characteristics of one of these species — Kiwa tyleri — for the first time. K. tyleri is the only species of yeti crab known to reside in the Southern Ocean, off Antarctica.
      Producer/AuthorELIZABETH PETERSON
      URLhttps://www.livescience.com/51329-kiwa-tyleri-yeti-crab.html
      PersonsNicolai Roterman
    • TitleNewly discovered yeti crab swarms around Antarctic hydrothermal vents
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletScience News
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited States
      Date24/06/15
      DescriptionK. tyleri’s stout body and spiny legs help it cling to the walls of hydrothermal vents, where it seeks a narrow comfort zone between superheated vent water and subzero seawater. K. tyleri seems to thrive there: Scientists found more than 700 yeti crabs crammed into one square meter.
      URLhttps://www.sciencenews.org/article/newly-discovered-yeti-crab-swarms-around-antarctic-hydrothermal-vents
      PersonsNicolai Roterman
    • TitleAntarctic Yeti crabs cling to hot jets and farm bacteria
      Degree of recognitionNational
      Media name/outletNew Scientist
      Media typeWeb
      Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
      Date24/06/15
      DescriptionHot vents in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean are crowded with cold, hairy crabs. Blind and surrounded by freezing water, they must huddle close to the vent chimneys that power their ecosystem.
      Producer/AuthorJoshua Sokol and Marie Deschamps
      URLhttps://www.newscientist.com/article/dn27777-antarctic-yeti-crabs-cling-to-hot-jets-and-farm-bacteria/
      PersonsNicolai Roterman