Forestia Explained

Forestia is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1]

The name Forestia commemorates the French carcinologist Jacques Forest.[2]

Notes and References

  1. . 2008 . 17 . 1–286 . Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world . Peter K. L. Ng . Danièle Guinot . Peter J. F. Davie . amp . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110606061453/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/s17/s17rbz.pdf . 2011-06-06 .
  2. Web site: Prof. Jacques Forest . Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names . Hans G. Hansson . . November 4, 2012 . February 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225194053/https://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.ef.html . dead .