Disparithelphusa Explained

Disparithelphusa pecki is a species of freshwater crab in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Disparithelphusa.[1]

The first specimens of D. pecki were collected by Stewart Peck in 1971 at an altitude of in the Valle Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico .[2] They were deposited at the Museum of Natural History, Tulane University, and described as a new species by Alfred Smalley and Daniel Adkinson in 1984.[2]

The species is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.[3]

Notes and References

  1. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
  2. Alfred E. Smalley . Daniel L. Adkison . amp . 1984 . Disparithelphusa pecki, a new genus and species of fresh-water crab from Mexico (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae) . . 4 . 1 . 127–133 . 10.2307/1547901 . 1547901 .
  3. N. Cumberlidge . Disparithelphusa pecki . 2008 . e.T134274A3930398 . 2008 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T134274A3930398.en . 6 January 2018.

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