Press from publication of species description of new Yeti crab species

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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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Media contributions

  • 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