Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Decapoda Scientific name Disparithelphusa pecki | Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Infraorder Brachyura Rank Genus | |
Similar Pseudothelphusidae, Potamocarcinus, Pseudothelphusa | ||
Disparithelphusa pecki is a species of freshwater crab in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Disparithelphusa.
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). 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.
The species is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List.
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