Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Amphilochidea > Infraorder Amphilochida > Parvorder Oedicerotidira > Superfamily Oedicerotoidea > Family Oedicerotidae

Pontocrates Boeck, 1871

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Pontocrates altamarinus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1862)
Pontocrates arcticus G.O. Sars, 1895
Pontocrates arenarius (Spence Bate, 1858)
Pontocrates norvegicus (Boeck, 1861)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ハサミソコエビ属

Literature

original description	Boeck, A. (1871). Crustacea amphipoda borealia et arctica. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania. 1870: 83-280.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.
additional source	Lincoln, R. J. (1979). British marine Amphipoda: Gammaridea. British Museum (Natural History). 658 pp.
identification resource	Myers, A. A.; Ashelby, C. W. (2022). A revision of the genus Pontocrates Boeck, 1871 (Amphipoda, Oedicerotidae) with the description of P. moorei sp. nov. and the re-establishment of P. norvegicus (Boeck, 1860). Zootaxa. 5115(4): 582-598.

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. Pontocrates Boeck, 1871. 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:101702