Jacques Forest Explained

Jacques Forest
Birth Date:14 June 1920
Birth Place:Créteil, Val-de-Marne
Nationality:French
Fields:Carcinology
Workplaces:Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Alma Mater:University of Lille

Jacques Forest (14 June 1920 – 16 February 2012) was a French carcinologist.[1]

Biography

Born in Créteil on 14 June 1920, Jacques Forest grew up in Maubeuge.[2] He served in the army for a year during the Second World War, and went on to study at the University of Lille after demobilisation.[2] After graduating, he worked for several years for the French: Office Scientifique et Technique des Pêches Maritimes ("scientific and technical office for marine fisheries"; now part of IFREMER); his early publications concerned a variety of fish species.[2] In 1949, he joined the French: [[Muséum national d'histoire naturelle]] in Paris, where he would remain for the rest of his career.[1]

In association with Louis Fage, Forest began working on hermit crabs, and rapidly became an expert; he described over 70 new species in the family Diogenidae, for example.[1] He also published on other Decapoda, including crabs and, most significantly, Neoglyphea inopinata, a living species of a group previously considered long-since extinct.[1]

Forest was also an enthusiastic field biologist, and took part in several oceanographic expeditions. He launched the MUSORSTOM expeditions in 1976.[1] He was also involved with the scientific journals Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle and Crustaceana.[1]

Forest retired on 1 October 1989, at the age of 69, and continued to be involved with the journal Crustaceana until 2003.[1] The Crustacean Society awarded Forest their Excellence in Research Award in 2008.[3] He died on 16 February 2012.[1]

Legacy

Taxa named in honour of Jacques Forest include:[4] [5]

Genera
Species

Notes and References

  1. Danielle Defaye & J. Carel von Vaupel Klein . 2012 . Professor Jacques Forest (1920–2012) . . 85 . 7 . 889–892 . 10.1163/156854012X651727.
  2. Lucien Laubier . 2002 . Jacques Forest, ou la passion des Crustacés . Jacques Forest, or a passion for the Crustacea . French . . 75 . 3/4 . 195–201 . 20105407 . 10.1163/156854002760095336.
  3. Colin McLay . 2008 . Jacques Forest recipient of the Crustacean Society Award for Research Excellence . . 28 . 2 . 424–430 . 10.1651/0278-0372(2008)028[0424:JFROTC]2.0.CO;2.
  4. Web site: Prof. Jacques Forest . Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names . Hans G. Hansson . . November 4, 2012 . February 25, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210225194053/https://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.ef.html . dead .
  5. Peter K. L. Ng & Paul F. Clark . 2003 . Three new genera of Indo-West Pacific Xanthidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthoidea) . . 25 . 1 . 131–147 . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203826/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z03n1a4.pdf . 2012-03-19 .
  6. Patsy McLaughlin . 2012 . Jacquesia de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 1999 . Paguroidea . 411781 . November 5, 2012.
  7. Macpherson . . de Saint Laurent . M. . 2002 . On the Genus Munida Leach, 1820 (Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Western and Southern Indian Ocean, with the Description of Four New Species . Crustaceana . 75 . 3/4 . 465–484 . en . PDF . https://www.freezepage.com/1702030294PIEENYXCCO . 2023-12-08 . 2023-12-08 . Etymology. — The species is dedicated to Jacques Forest for his valuable contribution to carcinological taxonomy .

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