Grandidierella nioensis, Myers & Sreepada & Sanaye, 2019

Myers, Alan A., Sreepada, Rayadurga A. & Sanaye, Sushant V., 2019, A new species of Grandidierella Coutière, 1904, G. nioensis sp. nov. (Amphipoda, Aoridae), from the east coast of India, Zootaxa 4544 (1), pp. 119-124 : 123

Grandidierella mahafalensis Coutière, 1904 species-complex

Included species. G. bonnieroides Stephensen, 1948 ; G. halophilus Wongkamhaeng, Pholpunthin & Azman, 2012 ; G. mahafalensis Coutière, 1904 ; G. nioensis sp. nov.; G. spinicoxa Myers, 1972 .

Diagnosis. Male Gnathopod 1 carpus large, at least 1.5 × as long as broad, the posterior distal margin produced into a medium sized tooth, proximal to which on the distal margin is a shorter conical tooth, inner face of posterior margin with a small medio-submarginal tooth; propodus much less than half length of carpus. Gnathopod 2 basis anterior margin smooth; carpus elongate; propodus less than three quarters length of carpus. Uropod 1 peduncle with a stout, distal, inter-ramal spiniforrn process. Uropod 2 peduncle lacking an inter-ramal process. Uropod 3 uniramous; peduncle broader than long; ramus more than 2 × as long as peduncle.