Arcticocarcinus americanus Schweitzer 2025 (crab)

Malacostraca - Decapoda - Necrocarcinidae

Full reference: C. E. Schweitzer. 2025. New Brachyura (Crustacea: Decapoda: Raninoida: Eubrachyura) from the earliest Eocene of New Jersey, USA. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 52(1):121-132

Belongs to Arcticocarcinus according to C. E. Schweitzer 2025

Sister taxon: Arcticocarcinus insignis

Type specimen: NJSM 28659.

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Rancocas Creek, North Branch (Eocene of New Jersey)

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