Genus of crabs
Forestia is a genus of crabs in the family Xanthidae, containing the following species:[1]
- Forestia abrolhensis (Montgomery, 1931)
- Forestia depressa (White, 1848)
- Forestia pascua Garth, 1985
- Forestia scabra (Odhner, 1925)
The name Forestia commemorates the French carcinologist Jacques Forest.[2]
References
- ^ Peter K. L. Ng; Danièle Guinot & Peter J. F. Davie (2008). "Systema Brachyurorum: Part I. An annotated checklist of extant Brachyuran crabs of the world" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 17: 1–286. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-06.
- ^ Hans G. Hansson. "Prof. Jacques Forest". Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. Göteborgs Universitet. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved November 4, 2012.