Paraproto spinosa

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Caprellidae
Genus:	Paraproto
Species:	P. spinosa
Binomial name
Paraproto spinosa (Haswell, 1885)
Synonyms[1]
Proto spinosa Haswell, 1885 Phtisica tuberculata McCain, J.C. 1968

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