Paraproto Mayer, 1903

Guerra-García, José M., Keable, Stephen J. & Ahyong, Shane T., 2020, A new species of Paraproto (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from southern New SouthWales, Australia, Zootaxa 4755 (2), pp. 271-293 : 272

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.