''Forestia'' is a genus of
crab
Crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" (abdomen) ( el, βραχύς , translit=brachys = short, / = tail), usually hidden entirely under the thorax. They live in all the ...
s in the family
Xanthidae, containing the following species:
* ''
Forestia abrolhensis''
(Montgomery, 1931)
* ''
Forestia depressa
''Forestia'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:
* '' Forestia abrolhensis'' (Montgomery, 1931)
* '' Forestia depressa'' (White, 1848)
* '' Forestia pascua'' Garth, 1985
* '' Forestia scabra'' (Odhner ...
''
(White, 1848)
* ''
Forestia pascua''
Garth, 1985
* ''
Forestia scabra''
(Odhner, 1925)
The name ''Forestia'' commemorates the French carcinologist
Jacques Forest
Jacques Forest (14 June 1920 – 16 February 2012) was a French carcinologist.
Biography
Born in Créteil on 14 June 1920, Jacques Forest grew up in Maubeuge. He served in the army for a year during the Second World War, and went on to study a ...
.
References
Xanthoidea
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