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Issue: Vol. 5446 No. 3: 1 May 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-05-01
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5446.3.4
Page range: 383-404
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On a small collection of amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Chilika Lake with the description of three new species and a new genus

Animal Taxonomy and Ecology Laboratory; Department of Life sciences; Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University; Patan- 384265; Gujarat; India
School of Biological; Earth and Environmental Sciences; University College Cork; Cork Enterprise Centre; Distillery Fields; North Mall; Cork; Ireland
Animal Taxonomy and Ecology Laboratory; Department of Life sciences; Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University; Patan- 384265; Gujarat; India
Zoological Survey of India; F.P.S. Building; 27 J. L. Nehru Road; Kolkata-700016; West Bengal; India
Crustacea Aoridae Hyalidae India Maeridae Odisha Talitridae

Abstract

The current study was conducted on the basis of a small collection of amphipods made from Chilika Lake that contained 4 species. Three were described as new species, including one new genus: Parhyale kalinga sp. nov., Chilikorchesta chiltoni gen. nov. sp. nov. and Grandidierella rabindranathi sp. nov., while a fourth one was a previously reported species: Quadrivisio bengalensis Stebbing, 1907. Parhyale kalinga sp. nov. can be differentiated from its closely related congeners Parhyale basrensis Salman, 1986 and Parhyale darvishi Momtazi & Maghsoudlou, 2016 by having male gnathopod 2 propoduswith 2 robust setae at the base of the palm and 2 small setae slightly behind the palm and dactylus much smaller than palm. Chilikorchestia chiltoni gen. nov. sp. nov. can be differentiated from the closely related genus Morinoia Lowry & Myers, 2019 by its incrassate male antenna 2 and untapered telson. Grandidierella rabindranathi sp. nov. can be differentiated from its closely related congeners G. mahafalensis Coutière, 1904 and Grandidierella nioensis Myers, Sreepada & Sanaye, 2019 by having male gnathopod 2 carpus oval shaped with both margins convex.

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