Paraproto spinosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
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] | |
Proto spinosa Haswell, 1885 |
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]