Paul Clark of the department of zoology at the Natural Histroy Museum said the characteristic strands, known as setae, that cover the crustacean's pincers are similar to those found on Chinese mitten crabs and some other crustacean species...
Researchers have found other small crustaceans taking refuge in the setae of mitten crabs...
The team that found the crustacean said that while legions of new ocean species are discovered each year, it is quite rare to find one that merits a new family...
The family was named Kiwaida, from Kiwa, the goddess of crustaceans in Polynesian mythology...
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