Proto spinosa Haswell, 1885 Phtisica tuberculata McCain, 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.

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