Abstract
Nitocrella galassiaen. sp. is described from phreatic waters in Andhra Pradesh state located in southeastern peninsular India. This is the first representative of the genusNitocrellaChappuis, 1923, described from the Indian subcontinent. Following Petkovski’s (1976) revision of the genusNitocrellas. str., the new species is assigned to thechappuisi-group of species. It differs from all other members of this group by a unique combination of the following characters: the male leg 1 basis has a short claw-like inner spine; the second exopodal segment of legs 1-4 has an inner seta; the apical endopodal segment of legs 2 and 4 has a single seta; leg 5 exopod in both sexes has three setae, and the baseoendopodal lobe has three setae in the female and two setae in the male; the male fifth antennular segment has a large aesthetasc; and the caudal ramus is 1.5 times as long as its greatest width and about 0.7 times as long as the anal somite. Among the hitherto known species of thechappuisi-group, the new species shows an allegedly close relationship with the IranianN. petkovskiiPesce, 1980. A brief note on the ecology of the new species is also added.
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