Furry Lobster?

In an article I found published by the BBC in March, 2006, marine biologists claimed to have discovered a crustacean in the South Pacific that was covered in fur. It has been nicknamed the "Yeti Crab" and was discovered 1,500 km south of Easter Island. Scientists have not been able to fully understand the use of this "hair" but have speculated that it could be used for either detoxifyong of poisons near hydrothermals vents for survival purposes, or possibly for feeding on the bacteria that lives in the hair strands. This second hypothesis, however, is unlikely due to observations leading scientists to believe it is a carnivore. Another interesting fact about these crabs is that they are completely blind. Due to the fact that the crab is so different from other types of crustaceans, it has been given its own taxonomic family, called the "Kiwa hirsuta". In Polynesian mythology, "Kiwa" is the goddess of crustaceans.