Pontogammaridae Bousfield, 1977

Myers, A, 2013, A Phylogeny and Classification of the Senticaudata subord. nov. (Crustacea: Amphipoda), Zootaxa 3610 (1), pp. 1-80 : 63

Pontogammaridae Bousfield, 1977

Type genus. Pontogammarus Sowinsky, 1904 .

Diagnostic description. Body laterally compressed. Eyes well developed, ovoid or reniform. Antennae 1–2 calceoli absent. Antenna 1 shorter than, subequal in length to, or longer than antenna 2; peduncular article 1 longer than article 2; article 2 longer than article 3; article 3 shorter than article 1; peduncular articles 1–2 not geniculate; accessory flagellum long or short. Antenna 2 peduncular article 1 not enlarged. Mandible molar triturative; palp symmetrical. Maxilla 1 basal endite setose along medial margin; palps symmetrical. Labium inner lobes vestigial or absent. Coxal gills [not known]; sternal gills absent; sternal blisters absent; oostegites fringing setae simple. Gnathopod 1 subchelate; smaller (or weaker) than or similar in size to gnathopod 2; propodus palm without robust setae along palmar margin. Gnathopod 2 subchelate; carpus not produced along posterior margin of propodus, projecting between merus and propodus. Pereopods 3–4 not sexually dimorphic. Pereopod 4 with well developed posteroventral lobe. Pereopod 5 shorter than pereopod 6; coxa with large anteroventral lobe or with small anteroventral lobe. Pereopod 7 longer than pereopod 5. Pleonites 1–3 each with dorsal carina or carinae or without dorsal carinae. Urosomites 1–3 free; with or without slender or robust dorsal setae. Urosomite 1 with large distoventral robust seta. Urosomite 2 without dorsal setae. Uropod 1 without basofacial robust setae. Uropod 3 not sexually dimorphic; biramous, with plumose setae or without plumose setae; endopod minute or shorter than exopod or subequal to exopod or longer than exopod. Telson deeply cleft ; dorsal or lateral robust setae absent; apical robust setae present.

Habitat. Freshwater, epigean.

Included genera. Compactogammarus Stock, 1974 ; Euxinia Tucolesco, 1933 ; Niphargogammarus Birstein, 1945 ; Niphargoides Sars, 1894 a; Obesogammarus Stock, 1974 ; Pandorites Sars, 1895 a; Paraniphargoides Stock, 1974 ; Pontogammarus Sowinsky, 1904 ; Stenogammarus (Stenogammarus) Martynov, 1924 a; Stenogammarus (Wolgagammarus) Stock, 1974 ; Turcogammarus Karaman & Barnard, 1979; Uroniphargoides Stock, 1974 . Distribution. Eurasia.