Grandidierella Coutière, 1904

Ali-Eimran, Alip, Lee, Yen-ling & Azman, B. A. Rahim, 2020, Two new species of Grandidierella (Amphipoda, Corophiida, Aoridea) from Singapore, European Journal of Taxonomy 683, pp. 1-28 : 3

Genus Grandidierella Coutière, 1904

Diagnosis

Eyes small to medium. Accessory flagellum of antenna 1 minute, uniarticulate. Inner plate of maxilla one vestigial. Coxae very small, relatively short, of various sizes and shapes. Gnathopod 1 (male) complexly subchelate and much larger than gnathopod 2. Gnathopod 2 subchelate. Dactylus of pereopods 6 and 7 elongate; falcate. Uropods 1 and 2 biramous; rami slightly subequal; peduncle with ventrodistal process. Uropod 3 uniramous. Telson entire.

Type species

Grandidierella mahafalensis (Coutière, 1904) .

Species composition

Grandidierella includes 46 species: G. africana Schellenberg, 1936 ; G. bispinosa Schellenberg, 1938 ; G. bonnieroides Stephensen, 1947 ; G. cabindae (Schellenberg, 1925); G. chaohuensis Hou & Li, 2002 ; G. chelata K.H. Barnard, 1951 ; G. dentimera Myers, 1970 ; G. elongata (Chevreux, 1926) ; G. exilis Myers, 1981 ; G. fasciata Ariyama, 1996 ; G. gilesi Chilton, 1921 ; G. gravipes K.H. Barnard, 1935 ; G. grossimana Ledoyer, 1967 ; G. halophilus Wongkamhaeng, Pholpunthin & Azman, 2012 ; G. indentata Ledoyer, 1979 ; G. insulae Myers, 1981 ; G. ischienoplia Bochert & Zettler, 2010 ; G. japonica Stephensen, 1938 ; G. kanakensis Myers, 1981 ; G. koa J.L. Barnard, 1977 ; G. lignorum K.H. Barnard, 1935 ; G. longidactylus Ledoyer, 1983 ; G. lutosa K.H. Barnard, 1952 ; G. macronyx K.H. Barnard, 1935 ; G. mahafalensis Coutière, 1904 ; G. makena (J.L. Barnard, 1970) ; G. megnae Giles, 1888 ; G. melakaensis Azman & Othman, 2012 ; G. nioensis A.A. Myers, 2019 ; G. nottoni Shoemaker, 1935 ; G. nyala (Griffiths, 1974) ; G. osakaensis Ariyama, 1996 ; G. palama J.L. Barnard, 1977 ; G. perlata Schellenberg 1938 ; G. phetraensis Wongkamhaeng, Coleman & Pholpunthin, 2013 ; G. propodentata Morre, 1986 ; G. rhizophorae Myers, 2009 ; G. robusta Ledoyer, 1983 ; G. rubroantennata Ariyama & Taru, 2017 ; G. sanrikuensis Ariyama & Taru, 2017 ; G. spinicoxa Myers, 1972 ; G. taihuensis Morino & Dal, 1990 ; G. teres Myers, 1981 ; G. trispinosa Bano & Kazmi, 2010 ; G. unidentata Ren, 2006 ; G. vietnamica Dang, 1968 .