Paraproto | |
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Paraproto spinosa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Amphipoda |
Family: | Caprellidae |
Genus: | Paraproto Mayer, 1903 |
Type species | |
Paraproto condylata Haswell, 1885
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Paraproto is a genus of marine amphipods in the family, Caprellidae, and was first described in 1903 by Paul Mayer.[1][2] The type species is Paraproto condylata.[1]
Species of this genus are found at depths of about 200 m in waters off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Antarctica.[1]