Paraproto Mayer 1903

• Main Authors: Guerra-García, José M., Keable, Stephen J., Ahyong, Shane T.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Malacostraca; Amphipoda; Caprellidae; Paraproto; South Shetland Islands; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3812766; https://zenodo.org/record/3812766

Genus Paraproto Mayer, 1903 Amended diagnosis from Takeuchi (2015). Head fused (suture absent) with pereonite 1. Antenna 1 well developed; flagellum with more than 2 articles. Antenna 2 well developed; flagellum with more than 2 articles. Mandible well developed; molar absent; palp 3-articulate, setal formula 1-x-1. Maxilliped well developed; inner plate smaller than outer plate; palp article 3 without distal projection. Pereonites 6 and 7 separated. Pereopods 3–7 well developed, with 6 articles. Gills on pereonites 3 and 4. Abdomen with two pairs of two-articulate appendages. : Published as part of Guerra-García, José M., Keable, Stephen J. & Ahyong, Shane T., 2020, A new species of Paraproto (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from southern New SouthWales, Australia, pp. 271-293 in Zootaxa 4755 (2) on page 272, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4755.2.4, http://zenodo.org/record/3731607 : {"references": ["Mayer, P. (1903) Die Caprellidae der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga-Expeditie, Monographie, 34, 1 - 160, pls. 1 - 10. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 53742", "Takeuchi, I. (2015) A new species of Paraproto (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Phtisicidae) collected from the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. Polar Science, 9, 368 - 373. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / j. polar. 2015.08.002"]}