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 .