Jacques Forest (14 June 1920 – 16 February 2012) was a French

carcinologist A carcinologist is a scientist who studies crustaceans or is otherwise involved in carcinology (the science of crustaceans). References {{Reflist, 24em . Carcinologists ...

Biography

Born in

Créteil Créteil () is a commune in the southeastern suburbs of Paris, Île-de-France. It is located from the centre of Paris. Créteil is the '' préfecture'' (capital) of the Val-de-Marne department as well as the seat of the Arrondissement of ...

on 14 June 1920, Jacques Forest grew up in Maubeuge. He served in the army for a year during the

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, and went on to study at the

University of Lille The University of Lille (french: Université de Lille, abbreviated as ULille, UDL or univ-lille) is a French public research university based in Lille, Hauts-de-France. It has its origins in the University of Douai (1559), and resulted from the m ...

after

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. After graduating, he worked for several years for the ' ("scientific and technical office for marine fisheries"; now part of

IFREMER ) , preceding2 = ''Institut Scientifique et Technique des Pêches Maritimes'' ( en, Scientific and technical institute for marine fisheries) , dissolved = , superseding = , jurisdiction = , headquarters = Brest, France , emplo ...

); his early publications concerned a variety of

fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% ...

species. In 1949, he joined the ' in Paris, where he would remain for the rest of his career. In association with

Jean-Louis Fage Jean-Louis Fage (30 September 1883, in Limoges – 1964, in Dijon) was a French marine biologist and arachnologist. A native of Limoges, he studied biology at the Sorbonne and in the laboratory at Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue. In 1906 he obtained his doc ...

, Forest began working on

hermit crab Hermit crabs are anomuran decapod crustaceans of the superfamily Paguroidea that have adapted to occupy empty scavenged mollusc shells to protect their fragile exoskeletons. There are over 800 species of hermit crab, most of which possess an a ...

s, and rapidly became an expert; he described over 70 new species in the family Diogenidae, for example. He also published on other

Decapoda The Decapoda or decapods (literally "ten-footed") are an order of crustaceans within the class Malacostraca, including many familiar groups, such as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp and prawns. Most decapods are scavengers. The order is es ...

, including crabs and, most significantly, '' Neoglyphea inopinata'', a living species of a group previously considered long-since extinct. Forest was also an enthusiastic field biologist, and took part in several oceanographic

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. He launched the '' MUSORSTOM'' expeditions in 1976. He was also involved with the

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s '' Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' and ''

Crustaceana ''Crustaceana'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal specialising in carcinology. It was established in 1960 and is published monthly by Brill Publishers. The journal is abstracted and indexed by BIOSIS Previews, the Science Citation Index, ...

''. Forest retired on 1 October 1989, at the age of 69, and continued to be involved with the journal ''Crustaceana'' until 2003. The Crustacean Society awarded Forest their Excellence in Research Award in 2008. He died on 16 February 2012.

Legacy

Taxa named in honour of Jacques Forest include: ;Genera *'' Forestia'' Guinot, 1976 *'' Pagurojacquesia'' de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000 (

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for ''Jacquesia'' de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 1999) *''

Jacforus ''Jacforus cavatus'' is a species of crab in the monotypic genus ''Jacforus'' in the family Xanthidae. Description ''Jacforus'' is a small crab, with a carapace around long and wide. Distribution ''Jacforus cavatus'' has a wide distribut ...

'' Ng & Clark, 2003 ;Species *'' Lumbricalus adriatica foresti'' (Fauvel & Rullier, 1959) *'' Sicyonia foresti'' Rossignol, 1962 *'' Thalamita foresti'' Crosnier, 1962 *'' Lembos foresti'' Mateus & Mateus, 1966 *'' Nematopsis foresti'' (Theodorides, 1967) *''

Ventricolaria foresti ''Globivenus'' is a genus of bivalves belonging to the family Veneridae. The genus has cosmopolitan distribution, except Subarctic regions. Species Species: *''Globivenus banaconensis'' *''Globivenus callimorpha'' *''Globivenus capricornea'' ...

'' Fischer-Piette & Testud, 1967 *'' Asymmetrione foresti'' (Bourdon, 1968) *'' Brachynotus foresti'' Zariquiey-Alvarez, 1968 *'' Megachelione foresti'' Bourdon, 1968 *'' Brazilserolis foresti'' (Bastida & Torti, 1970) *'' Cyathidium foresti'' Cherbonnier & Guille, 1972 *'' Haploniscus foresti'' Chardy, 1974 *'' Podocallichirus foresti'' (Le Loeuff & Intès, 1974) *'' Paramunna foresti'' Carvacho, 1977 *'' Eucheilota foresti'' Goy, 1979 *'' Idmidronea foresti'' Buge, 1979 *''

Caryophyllia foresti ''Caryophyllia'' is a genus of Scleractinia, solitary corals in the Family (biology), family Caryophylliidae. Members of this genus are Symbiodinium, azooxanthellate (do not contain Symbiosis, symbiotic algae) and are found in the North Atlantic ...

'' Zibrowius, 1980 *'' Strengeriana foresti'' Rodriguez, 1980 *'' Alpheus foresti'' Banner & Banner, 1981 *'' Holothuria foresti'' Cherbonnier & Feral, 1981 *'' Leptochiton foresti'' (Leloup, 1981) *'' Paralophogaster foresti'' Bacescu, 1981 *''

Periclimenes foresti ''Periclimenes'', commonly known as glass shrimp or cleaner shrimp, is a commensal and often symbiotic genus of semi-transparent shrimp within the family Palaemonidae. Species of this large genus feature a wide variety of coloration and patterns, ...

'' A. J. Bruce, 1981 *'' Psilopsea foresti'' d'Hondt, 1981 *'' Nuculana foresti'' Metivier, 1982 *''

Platypodia foresti ''Platypodia'' is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species: * '' Platypodia alcocki'' Buitendijk, 1941 * ''Platypodia cristata'' (A. Milne Edwards, 1865) * ''Platypodia delli'' Takeda & Webber, 2006 * '' Platyp ...

'' Serene, 1984 *'' Ethusa foresti'' Chen, 1985 *'' Eurysquilla foresti'' Moosa, 1985 *'' Processa foresti'' Noel, 1985 *'' Jolivetya foresti'' Cals, 1986 *'' Niso foresti'' Bouchet & Warén, 1986 *'' Arcoscalpellum foresti'' Rosell, 1989 *'' Forcepia foresti'' Lévi & Lévi, 1989 *''

Leucosia foresti Leucosia may refer to any of the following: * ''Leucosia'' (genus), a genus of crabs * Leucosia, a possible name for one of the sirens of Greek mythology *Leucosia, a former name for Nicosia Nicosia ( ; el, Λευκωσία, Lefkosía ; tr, ...

'' Chen, 1989 *'' Lophopagurus foresti'' Zarenkov, 1989 *'' Porcellanopagurus foresti'' Zarenkov, 1989 *'' Trachycarcinus foresti'' Guinot, 1989 *'' Upogebia foresti'' Nguyen, 1989 *''

Alainosquilla foresti ''Alainosquilla'' is a monotypic genus of crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, cope ...

'' Moosa, 1991 *'' Ascorhynchus foresti'' Stock, 1991 *'' Lophopagurus foresti'' McLaughlin & Gunn, 1992 *'' Dromia foresti'' McLay, 1993 *''

Palaemonella foresti ''Palaemonella'' is a genus of shrimp in the family Palaemonidae, containing the following species: *'' Palaemonella aliska'' Marin, 2008 *'' Palaemonella asymmetrica'' Holthuis, 1951 *'' Palaemonella atlantica'' Holthuis, 1951 *'' Palaemonella ...

'' A. J. Bruce, 2001

References

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