Paraproto spinosa is a species of marine amphipod in the family, Caprellidae, and was first described in 1885 by William Aitcheson Haswell as Proto spinosa.[1][2] In 1903 Paul Mayer transferred the species to the newly erected genus, Paraproto, and the species became Paraproto spinosa.[1][3]
| Paraproto spinosa | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Caprellidae |
| Genus: | Paraproto |
| Species: | P. spinosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Paraproto spinosa (Haswell, 1885)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Proto spinosa Haswell, 1885 | |
This species is found at depths of about 200 m in waters off South Australia, and Victoria.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Australian Faunal Directory: Paraproto spinosa". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
- ^ William A. Haswell (1885). "Revision of the Australian Laemopodida". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 9: 993-1000 pls 48-49 [995, pl. 49 fig. 1]. ISSN 0370-047X. Wikidata Q114456607.
- ^ P. Mayer (1903). "Die Caprellidae der Siboga-expedition". Siboga-Expeditie (in German). Leiden: Buchhandlung und druckerei vormals E. J. Brill: 1-160 pls 1-10 [25, pl. 1, figs 8, 9, pl. 6, figs 16–19, pl. 9, figs 7, 54[24]. doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.53742. LCCN 04006284. OCLC 6807670. OL 6937829M. Wikidata Q51452621.