Viacarcinus Blow and Manning 1996 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Pilumnidae

Full reference: W. C. Blow and R. B. Manning. 1996. Preliminary descriptions of 25 new decapod crustaceans from the middle Eocene of the Carolinas, U.S.A. Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 29:1-26

Parent taxon: Eumedoninae according to C. E. Schweitzer et al. 2022

See also Karasawa and Schweitzer 2006 and Schweitzer et al. 2010

Sister taxa: Harrovia, Santeella

Subtaxa: Viacarcinus druidi

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Type: Viacarcinus druidi

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: South Carolina collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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