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On the genus Grandidierella Coutière, 1904 (Amphipoda: Aoridae) of India with the description of two new species

  • 1. Animal and Ecology Laboratory, Department of Life sciences, Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, Patan- 384265, Gujarat, India
  • 2. Department of Marine Sciences, Berhampur University, Bhanja Bihar, Odisha, 760007, India
  • 3. School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College Cork, Cork Enterprise Centre, Distillery Fields, North Mall, Cork, Ireland

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Thacker, Dimple R., Patro, Shesdev, Bhoi, Gitanjali, Myers, Alan A., Kumar, R. Kiran, Trivedi, Jigneshkumar N. (2025): On the genus Grandidierella Coutière, 1904 (Amphipoda: Aoridae) of India with the description of two new species. Zootaxa 5716 (4): 451-482, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5716.4.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5716.4.1

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