Disparithelphusa
| Disparithelphusa pecki | |
|---|---|
| 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 / 17.700°N 96.317°W).[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
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 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.
- ↑ N. Cumberlidge (2008). "Disparithelphusa pecki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 3.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved December 4, 2010.
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