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

Forestia
Forestia depressa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Decapoda
Suborder: Pleocyemata
Infraorder: Brachyura
Family: Xanthidae
Genus: Forestia
Guinot, 1976

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

References edit

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.