{{short description|Genus of amphipods}} {{use dmy dates|date=October 2022}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Paraproto spinosa, Skeleton Shrimp no. J 20954.jpg | image_caption = ''Paraproto spinosa'' | taxon = Paraproto | authority = Mayer, 1903 | type_species = ''Paraproto condylata'' | type_species_authority = Haswell, 1885 }} '''''Paraproto''''' is a genus of marine amphipods in the family, Caprellidae, and was first described in 1903 by Paul Mayer.<ref name="afd">{{Cite web |title=Australian Faunal Directory: ''Paraproto'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/Paraproto |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=biodiversity.org.au |language=en}}</ref><ref name=mayer>{{cite Q|Q51452621| pages= 1-160 pls 1-10 [24]|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37095338}}</ref> The type species is ''Paraproto condylata''.<ref name=afd/>

Species of this genus are found at depths of about 200 m in waters off New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, and Antarctica.<ref name="afd" />

==Species== Species listed as accepted by IRMNG:<ref name="irmng">{{Cite web |title=IRMNG - ''Paraproto'' Mayer, 1903 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1309593 |access-date=2022-10-07 |website=www.irmng.org}}</ref> *''Paraproto condylata'' {{small|(Haswell, 1885)}} *''Paraproto gabrieli'' {{small|Stebbing, 1914}} *''Paraproto spinosa'' {{small|(Haswell, 1885)}} *''Paraproto tasmaniensis'' {{small|Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004}}

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Category:Taxa described in 1903 Category:Corophiida Category:Amphipod genera