
Said to be due in part hairy lobster shell covered as a feather. This fur serves as a filter for water detoxify their place he lived. These animals are basically blind and prefer to live in place of darkness. The unique shape and white in color and has a length of about 15 cm.
Kiwa hirsuta hairy lobster or lobster, also known as the Yeti is a crustacean that is covered with what looked at first glance like a feather, but is actually a dense cover of setae, such as those found at the foot of some types of shrimp. Feathers serves as a filter, detoxify the water in which they live. Lobsterini blind and colorless and live in darkness. Found in the hydrothermal flow in the Pacific Ocean. The divers have discovered a new type of shellfish (crustaceans) in the South Pacific Ocean resemble a crab. Uniquely, these animals have a similar layer of blond fuzz on the claws and legs.
According to French researchers, animal they called Kiwa hirsuta was very different compared to other species, so they put it in a class or a new genus and new family.
A team of divers found the odd crab at depths of 2,298 meters in an area of approximately 1,440 kilometers south of Easter Island last year, according to Michel Segonzac of the French Institute for Exploration of the Sea or Ifremer.
The findings of the new crustacean is described in the journal of the National Museum of Natural History of Paris reported on Tuesday (7/3). Hairy crab is white and about 15 centimeters in length or of a salad plate.
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