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Genus: | Disparithelphusa Smalley & Adkinson, 1984
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Species: | D. pecki
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Disparithelphusa pecki Smalley & Adkinson, 1984
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Disparithelphusa pecki is a species of freshwater crab in the family Pseudothelphusidae, and the only species in the genus Disparithelphusa. [2]
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). [3] 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. [3]
The species is listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List. [4]