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WoRMS taxon details

Pontoporeiidae Dana, 1852

AphiaID

101406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101406)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Haustorioidea Stebbing, 1906

Direct children (3)

Ordering

Alphabetically
By status

Children Display

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Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775
page(s): 313 [details]

Taxonomic 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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Pontoporeiidae Dana, 1852. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101406 on 2026-09-16

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan-Santini, Denise

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

checked

Costello, Mark J.

2005-05-02 07:36:34Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-01-29 08:28:04Z

changed

De Broyer, Claude

2007-02-08 07:55:58Z

changed

De Broyer, Claude

2013-02-07 09:30:02Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

2013-11-28 23:15:07Z

changed

Väinölä, Risto

2014-05-20 16:14:17Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

2018-01-23 12:33:30Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series. 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775
page(s): 313 [details]

Other

additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie. 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]

additional source D'Udekem d'Acoz; C. (2006). Systematic, phylogenetic and biological considerations on the genera Bathyporeia, Amphiporeia, Pontoporeia and Priscillina, with redescription of the West-Atlantic Bathyporeia species and description of a new Priscillina from Svalbard (Crustacea, Amphipoda). BULLETIN DE L'INSTITUT ROYAL DES SCIENCES NATURELLES DE BELGIQUE, BIOLOGIE. 76: 33-110. [details] Available for editors

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additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source Segerstrale S.G. (1977). The taxonomic status and prehistory of the glacial relict Pontoporeia (Crustacea Amphipoda) living in North American lakes. Commentationes Biologicae, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 89, 18 pp. [details]