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Grandidierella Coutiere 1904

  • 1. Tropical Marine Science Institute (TMSI), National University of Singapore, 18 Kent Ridge Road, 119227, Singapore.
  • 2. Marine Ecosystem Research Centre (EKOMAR), Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia. & Department of Earth Sciences and Environment, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 43600 UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.

Description

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.

Notes

Published as part of Ali-Eimran, Alip, Lee, Yen-ling & Azman, B. A. Rahim, 2020, Two new species of Grandidierella (Amphipoda, Corophiida, Aoridea) from Singapore, pp. 1-28 in European Journal of Taxonomy 683 on page 3, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2020.683, http://zenodo.org/record/3939350

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Coutiere
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Amphipoda
Family
Aoridae
Genus
Grandidierella
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Grandidierella Coutiere, 1904 sec. Ali-Eimran, Lee & Azman, 2020

References

  • Schellenberg A. 1938. Litorale Amphipoden des tropischen Pazifiks nach Sammlungen von Prof. Bock (Stockholm), Prof. Dahl (Berlin) und Prof. Pietschmann (Wien). Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar, Series 3, 16: 1 - 105.
  • Myers A. A. 1981. Taxonomic studies on the genus Grandidierella Coutiere (Crustacea, Amphipoda) Part 3: Fijian, Australian and Arabian Species. Bulletin du Museum national d'histoire naturelle 4 (3): 213 - 226.
  • Chilton C. 1921. Amphipoda fauna of the Chilika Lake. Memoirs of the Indian Museum 5: 519 - 558.
  • Ledoyer M. 1979. VI. Crustaces amphipodes gammariens. In: Monod T. & Serene R. (eds) Expedition Rumphius II (1975). Crustaces parasites, commensaux, etc. Bulletin du Museum national d'histoire naturelle 4 (1): 137 - 181.