Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Gammarida > Parvorder Gammaridira > Superfamily Gammaroidea > Family Pontogammaridae

Pontogammarus Sowinsky, 1904

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pontogammarus aestuarius (Derzhavin, 1924)
Pontogammarus borceae Carausu, 1943
Pontogammarus robustoides (Sars, 1894)

Literature

original description	Sovinsky, V.K. (1904). Vvedenie v izuchenie fauny Ponto-Kaspijsko-Aral'skago morskogo bassejna, razsmatrivaemoj s tochki zrenijasamostojatiel'noj zoo-geograficheskoj provincii in "Zapiski Kijevskago Obshchestva Jestestvoispytatelej [ Introduction à l´étude de la faune du bassin marin Ponto-Aralo-Kaspien sous le point de vue d´une province zoo-géographique indépendente]. Zapiski Kievskago Obshchestva Estestvoispytatelei = Mémoires de la Société des Naturalistes de Kieff. 8 (1): i-xiii, 1-487, 1-216 (4 plates).
basis of record	Grabowski, M.; Konopacka, A.; Jazdzewski, K.; Janowska, E. (2006). Invasions of alien gammarid species and retreat of natives in the Vistula Lagoon (Baltic Sea, Poland). Helgol. Mar. Res. 60(2): 90-97.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	NCBI Taxonomy

Genbank

Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Pontogammarus Sowinsky, 1904. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234076

Dr. Geoffrey Boxshall. Pontogammarus Sowinsky, 1904. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/96bf038e-03ec-470c-9147-99b6bb8d5874