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Forestia (genus)

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Forestia
Forestia depressa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Crustacea
Class:
Malacostraca
Order:
Decapoda
Infraorder:
Brachyura
Family:
Xanthidae
Genus:
Forestia

Guinot, 1976

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]

References

  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. Retrieved November 4, 2012.


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