Nealella, a new genus of myodocopid ostracode in the subfamily Dantyinae (the 2nd genus in the subfamily) is proposed. The new genus contains 3 species (2 new) and 1 left in open nomenclature. The species are described and illustrated. Members of the genus have been collected from the continental shelves off Tanzania, Ceylon, Australia, and Indonesia, as well as in Bab el Mandeb—the strait between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden.