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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEC9FFBC5C1D0F164" bold="true" box="[151,435,1036,1062]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
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(
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,
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)
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Male
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, 6.0 mm. (NHMUK 2018.1536) Palakayatippa village,
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,
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, east coast of
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(
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;
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), shrimp pond bottom, silty-clay, coll. R.A. Sreepada,
<date id="FFF515F4FFB67B1DEC9FFB76C08DF195" box="[151,238,1215,1239]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120" value="1930-05">30 May</date>
, 2009.
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(
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), 300+ males and females, same data as holotype
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.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DECCFFACFC106F05D" bold="true" box="[199,357,1286,1311]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Type locality.</emphasis>
Palakayatippa village,
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,
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, east coast of
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.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DECCFFAE3C12DF001" bold="true" box="[199,334,1322,1347]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Etymology.</emphasis>
Named after the Institute where the species is presently being cultured.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DECCFFA87C13AF025" bold="true" box="[199,345,1358,1383]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Description.</emphasis>
Based on male
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6.0 mm.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DECCFFABBC16EF0C9" bold="true" box="[199,269,1394,1419]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Head.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DED1EFABBC1C9F0C9" box="[278,426,1394,1419]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Ocular lobes</emphasis>
obtuse; eyes of moderate size, black.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEF68FABAC3B6F0C9" box="[864,981,1395,1419]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Antenna 1</emphasis>
peduncular articles in the ratios 8:11:3; primary flagellum sub-equal in length with peduncle with 22 articles; accessory flagellum minute with one rudimentary articulate.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEDABFA72C27BF091" box="[419,536,1467,1491]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Antenna 2</emphasis>
subpediform, subequal in length with antenna 1; articles 4 and 5 subequal in length; flagellum with 6 articles each with robust seta and several fine setae.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DE81DFA17C4E3F0B5" box="[1045,1152,1502,1527]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Mandible</emphasis>
palp article ratios 3:4:4, article 3 subrectangular, with long apical and subapical setae.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DECCFF9EFC141F37D" bold="true" box="[199,290,1574,1599]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Pereon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DED22F9EEC1CEF37D" box="[298,429,1575,1599]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Pereonite 1</emphasis>
with large, forward directed sternaI spine.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEF95F9EFC450F37D" box="[925,1075,1574,1599]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
coxa a little broader than long, subrectangular, anterior margin rounded, unproduced; basis 2.5 × as long as broad, weakly setiferous; carpus large, subrectangular, posterior margin substraight, 2.5 × as long as broad, posterior distal margin produced into a short, triangular, weakly deflected spine, proximal to which on distal margin is a shorter conical tooth, inner face of posterior margin with a small mediosubmarginal spine; propodus moderately expanded distally, posterior margin convex distally, weakly concave proximally; dactylus elongate, scythiform, posterior margin crenulate.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DE916F913C0C6F255" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Gnathopod 2</emphasis>
coxa subquadrate; basis elongate, more than 4 × as long as broad, anterior margin straight; carpus elongate, a little less than 3 × as long as broad, anterior margin weakly setiferous; propodus a little over two thirds length of carpus with weakly convex anterior and straight posterior margin, palm oblique, lacking robust setae; dactylus slightly overlapping palm.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEDC7F8A3C219F2C1" box="[463,634,1898,1923]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Pereopods 34</emphasis>
coxae evenly convex anteriorally, produced into a triangular process posteriorally.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DED38F847C1BAF2E4" box="[304,473,1934,1959]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">
Pereopods
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</emphasis>
in length ratios 4:6:7;
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEEDEF847C337F2E4" box="[726,852,1934,1959]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">pereopod 7</emphasis>
basis with long plumose setae on posterior margin.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DECCFF87BC172F289" bold="true" box="[199,273,1970,1995]" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Pleon.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DED12F87DC1CDF289" box="[282,430,1971,1995]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Epimera 13</emphasis>
rounded, each with a single posteroventral seta.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEFEBF87BC433F289" box="[995,1104,1970,1995]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Uropod 1</emphasis>
peduncle a little longer than rami, with a stout, distal, inter-ramal spiniform process; rami subequal.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB67B1DEFD5F81FC42FF2AD" box="[989,1100,2006,2031]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="120">Uropod 2</emphasis>
peduncle broad, subequal in length with outer ramus, lacking an inter-ramal process; inner ramus longer than outer.
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB57B1EE8ABFF5EC571F5F2" box="[1187,1298,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">Uropod 3</emphasis>
uniramous; peduncle subsquare, with strongly expanded flange on inner margin; ramus 3 × length of peduncle with a small second article and many long marginal and distal setae.
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as broad as long with nearly straight ventral margin, dorsolateral crests each with a group of 3 long setae, lateral margins each with 2 setae.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB57B1EECCFFEEEC17DF402" bold="true" box="[199,286,295,320]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">Female</emphasis>
5.0 mm (sexually dimorphic characters).
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB57B1EEF01FEEEC3C3F402" box="[777,928,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">Gnathopod 1</emphasis>
basis nearly 4 × as long as broad, anterior margin concave; carpus 2 × as long as broad; propodus about four fifths length of carpus, subovoid, palm oblique, not clearly defined from posterior margin, which bears 6 strong robust setae; dactylus elongate, three quarters length of propodus.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB57B1EEC9FF85FC170F2E9" bold="true" box="[151,275,1942,1964]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB57B1EED11F85FC26AF2EE" box="[281,521,1942,1964]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB57B1EEE07F85EC203F2EE" bold="true" box="[527,608,1943,1964]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB57B1EEE07F85EC203F2EE" box="[527,608,1943,1964]" pageId="2" pageNumber="121" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, male holotype, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF3463BCFFB47B1FEC9FF880C08DF23C" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<paragraph id="8BF43334FFB47B1FEC9FF880C08DF23C" blockId="3.[151,1436,1865,1918]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FEC9FF880C176F21C" bold="true" box="[151,277,1865,1887]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FED15F883C273F21D" box="[285,528,1866,1887]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FEE11F883C208F21D" bold="true" box="[537,619,1866,1887]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB47B1FEE11F883C208F21D" box="[537,619,1866,1887]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, male holotype (2 = male paratype); female paratype, Machilipatnam, Andhra Pradesh.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="C35160BFFFB47B18ECCFF862C42FF63D" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="3" pageNumber="122" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BF43334FFB47B18ECCFF862C1EEF67A" blockId="3.[151,1436,1963,2023]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1437,151,1077]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="123" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FECCFF862C158F286" bold="true" box="[199,315,1963,1988]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FED4CF862C232F281" box="[324,593,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FEE52F862C2D5F286" bold="true" box="[602,694,1963,1988]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB47B1FEE52F862C2D5F286" box="[602,694,1963,1988]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most similar to
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB47B1FEF9BF865C42BF286" box="[915,1096,1963,1988]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">G. mahafalensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDA4EC5FFB47B1FE85AF862C494F281" author="Coutiere, H." box="[1106,1271,1963,1988]" pageId="3" pageNumber="122" pagination="166 - 174" refId="ref3230" refString="Coutiere, H. (1904) Sur un type nouveau d'amphipode Grandidierella mahafalensis, provenant de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Association Philomatique, 6, 166 - 174." type="journal article" year="1904">Coutière 1904</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, from a freshwater lake in
<collectingCountry id="F35C73A4FFB47B1FED26F807C1DBF2A5" box="[302,440,1998,2023]" name="Madagascar" pageId="3" pageNumber="122">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
. It differs primarily in the shape of the male gnathopod
<quantity id="4CB39ED1FFB47B1FE82DF806C433F2A5" box="[1061,1104,1998,2023]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.54" pageId="3" pageNumber="122" unit="in" value="1.0">1 in</quantity>
which the posterodistal spine is short and triangular in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EDCCFF51C220F5F2" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[452,579,152,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EDCCFF51C220F5F2" box="[452,579,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EE45FF5EC2C8F5F2" bold="true" box="[589,683,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18EE45FF5EC2C8F5F2" box="[589,683,151,176]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
but long and slender in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EFDAFF51C4EAF5F2" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1904" box="[978,1161,151,176]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafalensis">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EFDAFF51C4EAF5F2" box="[978,1161,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. mahafalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. It also differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18E98CFF51C148F597" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1904" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafalensis">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E98CFF51C148F597" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. mahafalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in its much more slender gnathopods. The basis of the male gnathopod 1 is 2.5 × as long as broad in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EC9FFF29C170F5BA" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,275,224,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EC9FFF29C170F5BA" box="[151,275,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18ED14FF16C114F5BA" box="[284,375,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ED14FF16C114F5BA" bold="true" box="[284,375,223,248]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">sp. nov.</emphasis>
</taxonomicNameLabel>
but only 2 × as long as broad in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EEFEFF29C3C9F5BA" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1904" box="[758,938,223,248]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafalensis">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EEFEFF29C3C9F5BA" box="[758,938,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. mahafalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Similarly in male gnathopod 2 the basis is over 4 × as long as broad in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EDE3FECCC20BF45E" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[491,616,261,284]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EDE3FECCC20BF45E" box="[491,616,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EE7AFECDC2ADF45F" bold="true" box="[626,718,260,285]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18EE7AFECDC2ADF45F" box="[626,718,260,285]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, but less than 3 × as long as broad in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18E89BFECCC52BF45F" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1904" box="[1171,1352,260,285]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafalensis">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E89BFECCC52BF45F" box="[1171,1352,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. mahafalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. In the female, the basis of gnathopod 1 of
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EE25FEE1C2CBF402" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[557,680,296,320]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EE25FEE1C2CBF402" box="[557,680,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EEA7FEEEC369F402" bold="true" box="[687,778,295,320]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18EEA7FEEEC369F402" box="[687,778,295,320]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is very long and slender (nearly 4 × as long as broad) and the anterior margin is strongly concave, whereas in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EED5FE84C3F2F427" authorityName="Coutiere" authorityYear="1904" box="[733,913,332,357]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="mahafalensis">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EED5FE84C3F2F427" box="[733,913,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. mahafalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the basis is short and stout (about 2 × as long as broad) with the anterior margin substraight. It is also very similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EFBCFEB9C131F4EE" authority="Wongkamhaeng, Pholpunthin &amp; Azman, 2012" authorityName="Wongkamhaeng, Pholpunthin &amp; Azman" authorityYear="2012" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="halophilus">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EFBCFEB9C42AF4CA" box="[948,1097,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. halophilus</emphasis>
Wongkamhaeng, Pholpunthin &amp; Azman, 2012
</taxonomicName>
, from saltpans in the Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="F35C73A4FFB37B18EEA4FE5DC370F4EF" box="[684,787,404,429]" name="Thailand" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Thailand</collectingCountry>
. That species has a very similar male gnathopod 1 to
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18E98CFE5CC090F492" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E98CFE5CC090F492" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ECF3FE7EC135F492" bold="true" box="[251,342,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18ECF3FE7EC135F492" box="[251,342,439,464]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, however, in
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EDFAFE71C21EF492" box="[498,637,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. halophilu</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
s the male coxa 2 has the ventral margin produced into a strong spine, absent in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18ED0DFE14C1E2F4B6" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[261,385,477,500]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ED0DFE14C1E2F4B6" box="[261,385,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ED82FE15C186F4B7" bold="true" box="[394,485,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18ED82FE15C186F4B7" box="[394,485,476,501]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
It is also broadly similar to
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EF23FE14C3BFF4B7" box="[811,988,476,501]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. bonnieroides</emphasis>
Stephensen, 1948
</taxonomicName>
, originally described from islands off
<collectingCountry id="F35C73A4FFB37B18ED5EFE36C1AFF75A" box="[342,460,511,536]" name="Venezuela" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Venezuela</collectingCountry>
, but now known to be distributed worldwide probably through anthropogenic means.
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EC9FFDEDC1C4F77E" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[151,423,548,573]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EC9FFDEDC1C4F77E" box="[151,423,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EDBCFDEDC276F77F" bold="true" box="[436,533,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18EDBCFDEDC276F77F" box="[436,533,548,573]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EEB4FDECC311F77F" box="[700,882,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. bonnieroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the shape of the male gnathopod 1. In
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E98CFDECC14BF722" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. bonnieroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the carpus is distinctly subovoid, with the posterior margin convex, whereas in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18E8B5FD81C55AF722" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[1213,1337,584,608]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E8B5FD81C55AF722" box="[1213,1337,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E949FD8EC5FFF722" bold="true" box="[1345,1436,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18E949FD8EC5FFF722" box="[1345,1436,583,608]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
the posterior margin is substraight. In addition, the posterodistal spine in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EFD4FDA4C4EDF7C7" authorityName="Stephensen" authorityYear="1948" box="[988,1166,620,645]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonnieroides">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EFD4FDA4C4EDF7C7" box="[988,1166,620,645]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. bonnieroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is elongate and slender not short and triangular as it is in
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EE22FD59C2CBF7EA" authority="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye, 2019" authorityName="Myers &amp; Sreepada &amp; Sanaye" authorityYear="2019" box="[554,680,656,680]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="nioensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EE22FD59C2CBF7EA" box="[554,680,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EEBAFD46C36DF7EA" bold="true" box="[690,782,655,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20C525DFFB37B18EEBAFD46C36DF7EA" box="[690,782,655,680]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
In large adult
<taxonomicName id="4C4B48B7FFB37B18EFB7FD59C411F7EA" authorityName="Stephensen" authorityYear="1948" box="[959,1138,655,680]" class="Malacostraca" family="Aoridae" genus="Grandidierella" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Amphipoda" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="bonnieroides">
<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EFB7FD59C411F7EA" box="[959,1138,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. bonnieroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the dactylus of the male gnathopod 1 becomes short and swollen medially (
<bibRefCitation id="EFDA4EC5FFB37B18EEC4FD7DC33DF78E" author="Myers, A. A." box="[716,862,692,716]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" pagination="220 - 278" refId="ref3964" refString="Myers, A. A. (2009) Aoridae. In: Lowry, J. K. &amp; Myers, A. A. (Eds.) (2009) Benthic Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Zootaxa, 2260, 220 - 278." type="journal article" year="2009">Myers, 2009</bibRefCitation>
), with a smooth posterior margin, but in
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18E92AFD7CC5FFF78E" box="[1314,1436,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
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it remains elongate and develops a crenulate posterior margin.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EFDEFD1EC480F7B2" box="[982,1251,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
differs from
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ECDCFD34C13CF656" box="[212,351,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. spinicoxa</emphasis>
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, in lacking the dense brush of setae on the anterior margin of the male gnathopod 2 carpus in that species.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ECCFFC8DC149F61F" bold="true" box="[199,298,836,861]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Habitat.</emphasis>
Specimens of
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EDD8FC8CC229F61E" box="[464,586,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. nioensis</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
were collected from the silty-clay/muddy bottom of shrimp ponds. Average depth of ponds was 1.2±
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and salinity of water in the range: 1520 ppt.
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ECCFFC45C103F6E7" bold="true" box="[199,352,908,933]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Distribution.</emphasis>
Currently known only from the
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locality.
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<subSubSection id="C35160BFFFB37B18ECCFFC66C198F177" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ECCFFC66C12FF68A" bold="true" box="[199,332,943,968]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Discussion.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ED5FFC66C206F68A" box="[343,613,943,968]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Grandidierella nioensis</emphasis>
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belongs to a group of five extremely similar and difficult to separate
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18ECF3FC1DC1C1F6AF" box="[251,418,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Grandidierella</emphasis>
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species that constitute the
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EEDFFC1DC479F6AF" box="[727,1050,980,1005]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">Grandidierella mahafalensis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFDA4EC5FFB37B18E82BFC1DC4ADF6AE" author="Coutiere, H." box="[1059,1230,980,1005]" pageId="4" pageNumber="123" pagination="166 - 174" refId="ref3230" refString="Coutiere, H. (1904) Sur un type nouveau d'amphipode Grandidierella mahafalensis, provenant de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Association Philomatique, 6, 166 - 174." type="journal article" year="1904">Coutière, 1904</bibRefCitation>
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, species-complex. It is probable that further species currently attributed to
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<emphasis id="B93FEF26FFB37B18EF25FC31C382F152" box="[813,993,1015,1040]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="123">G. bonnieroides</emphasis>
Stephensen
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, may prove to be distinct species in this species complex.
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