Paraproto spinosa

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Paraproto spinosa
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Paraproto
Species:
P. spinosa
Binomial name
Paraproto spinosa
(Haswell, 1885)
Synonyms [1]

Proto spinosa Haswell, 1885
Phtisica tuberculataMcCain, J.C. 1968

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]

This species is found at depths of about 200 m in waters off South Australia, and Victoria. [1]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Australian Faunal Directory: Paraproto spinosa". biodiversity.org.au. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. P. Mayer (1903), Die Caprellidae der Siboga-expedition (in German), Leiden: Buchhandlung und druckerei vormals E. J. Brill, pp. 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