{{Short description|Genus of marine worms}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Paraspadella |authority = von Salvini-Plawen, 1986<ref name=von>von Salvini-Plawen, L. (1986). Systematic notes on ''Spadella'' and on the Chaetognatha in general. ''Zeitschrift für Zoologische Systematik und Evolutionsforschung'', 24(2), 122–128.</ref> }}
'''''Paraspadella''''' is a [[genus]] of [[Chaetognatha|chaetognaths]] in the [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] [[Spadellidae]]. ''Paraspadella'' was originally considered as ''[[Spadella]]'' before a revision separated that genus into three genera: ''Spadella'', ''Paraspadella'', and ''Gephyrospadella'',<ref name=von/> the last of which is now synonymised to ''Paraspadella''.<ref name=Bowman/> The initial division was based on previous knowledge of three groups of ''Spadella'', in a similar manner in which ''[[Sagitta]]'' was divided into a family of genera.<ref>Tokioka, T. (1965). The taxonomical outline of Chaetognatha. ''Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory'', 12(5), 335–357.</ref> ''Paraspadella'' is differentiated from ''Spadella'' by the presence of disparate (digital) adhesive organs, present in the former to various degrees, but entirely absent in the latter.<ref name=von/>
==Species== *''[[Paraspadella anops]]'' <small>Bowman & Bieri, 1989</small><ref name=Bowman>Bowman, T. & Bieri, R. (1989). ''Paraspadella anops'', new species, from Sagittarius Cave, Grand Bahama Island, the second troglobitic chaetognath. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 102(3), 586–589.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella caecafea]]'' <small>(von Salvini-Plawen, 1986)</small><ref name=von/> *''[[Paraspadella gotoi]]'' <small>Casanova, 1990</small><ref>Casanova, J. (1990). A new species of ''Paraspadella'' (Chaetognatha) from the coastal waters of Japan. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 103(4), 907–912.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella johnstoni]]'' <small>(Mawson, 1944)</small><ref name=Mawson>Mawson, P. M. (1944). Some species of the chaetognath genus ''Spadella'' from New South Wales. ''Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia'', 68, 327–333.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella legazpichessi]]'' <small>(Alvariño, 1981)</small><ref>Alvariño, A. (1981). ''Spadella legazpichessi'', a new benthic chaetognath from Enewetak, Marshall Islands. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 94, 107–121.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella nana]]'' <small>(Owre, 1963)</small><ref name=Owre>Owre, H. B. (1963). The genus ''Spadella'' (Chaetognatha) in the western North Atlantic Ocean with descriptions of two new species. ''Bulletin of Marine Science'', 13, 378–390.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella pimukatharos]]'' <small>(Alvariño, 1987)</small><ref>Alvariño, A. (1987). ''Spadella pimukatharos'', a new benthic chaetognath from Santa Catalina Island, California. ''Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington'', 100, 125–133.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella pulchella]]'' <small>(Owre, 1963)</small><ref name=Owre/> *''[[Paraspadella schizoptera]]'' <small>(Conant, 1895)</small><ref>Conant, F. S. (1895). Description of two new chaetognaths: ''Spadella schizoptera'' and ''Sagitta hispida''. ''Johns Hopkins University Circulars'', 14(119), 77–78.</ref> *''[[Paraspadella sheardi]]'' <small>(Mawson, 1944)</small><ref name=Mawson/>
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