Disparithelphusa

Disparithelphusa
Disparithelphusa pecki
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Pseudothelphusidae
Genus: Disparithelphusa
Smalley & Adkinson, 1984
Species: D. pecki
Binomial name
Disparithelphusa pecki
Smalley & Adkinson, 1984

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 600 metres (2,000 ft) in the Valle Nacional, Oaxaca, Mexico (17°42′N 96°19′W / 17.7°N 96.317°W / 17.7; -96.317).[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]

References

  1. ^ Peter K. L. Ng, Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 17: 1–286. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Alfred E. Smalley & Daniel L. Adkison (1984). "Disparithelphusa pecki, a new genus and species of fresh-water crab from Mexico (Brachyura: Pseudothelphusidae)" (PDF). Journal of Crustacean Biology 4 (1): 127–133. doi:10.2307/1547901. http://decapoda.nhm.org/pdfs/27939/27939.pdf. 
  3. ^ N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Disparithelphusa pecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/134274. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 


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