Jacques Forest

{{Short description|French carcinologist (1920–2012)}} {{expand lead|date=September 2025}} {{Infobox scientist | name = Jacques Forest | birth_date = {{Birth date|1920|06|14|df=y}} | birth_place = Créteil, Val-de-Marne | death_date = {{Death date and age|2012|02|16|1920|06|14|df=y}} | death_place = | 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.<ref name="Defaye">{{cite journal |author=Danielle Defaye & J. Carel von Vaupel Klein |year=2012 |title=Professor Jacques Forest (1920–2012) |journal=Crustaceana |volume=85 |issue=7 |pages=889–892 |doi=10.1163/156854012X651727 |bibcode=2012Crust..85..889D }}</ref>

==Biography== [[File:Ciliopagurus strigatus.jpg|thumb|The hermit crab ''Ciliopagurus strigatus'' – the genus ''Ciliopagurus'' was erected by Jacques Forest in 1995.]] [[File:Neoglyphea inopinata cropped.JPG|thumb|The description of ''Neoglyphea inopinata'' was a highlight of Jacques Forest's career.]] Born in Créteil on 14 June 1920, Jacques Forest grew up in Maubeuge.<ref name="Laubier">{{cite journal |author=Lucien Laubier |year=2002 |title=Jacques Forest, ou la passion des Crustacés |trans-title=Jacques Forest, or a passion for the Crustacea |language=French |journal=Crustaceana |volume=75 |issue=3/4 |pages=195–201 |jstor=20105407 |doi=10.1163/156854002760095336}}</ref> 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.<ref name="Laubier"/> After graduating, he worked for several years for the ''{{lang|fr|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.<ref name="Laubier"/> In 1949, he joined the ''{{lang|fr|Muséum national d'histoire naturelle}}'' in Paris, where he would remain for the rest of his career.<ref name="Defaye"/>

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.<ref name="Defaye"/> He also published on other Decapoda, including crabs and, most significantly, ''Neoglyphea inopinata'', a living species of a group previously considered long-since extinct.<ref name="Defaye"/>

Forest was also an enthusiastic field biologist, and took part in several oceanographic expeditions. He launched the ''MUSORSTOM'' expeditions in 1976.<ref name="Defaye"/> He was also involved with the scientific journals ''Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle'' and ''Crustaceana''.<ref name="Defaye"/>

Forest retired on 1 October 1989, at the age of 69, and continued to be involved with the journal ''Crustaceana'' until 2003.<ref name="Defaye"/> The Crustacean Society awarded Forest their Excellence in Research Award in 2008.<ref>{{Cite journal |author=Colin McLay |year=2008 |title=Jacques Forest recipient of the Crustacean Society Award for Research Excellence |journal=Journal of Crustacean Biology |volume=28 |issue=2 |pages=424–430 |doi=10.1651/0278-0372(2008)028[0424:JFROTC]2.0.CO;2}}</ref> He died on 16 February 2012.<ref name="Defaye"/>

==Legacy== Taxa named in honour of Jacques Forest include:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.ef.html |title=Prof. Jacques Forest |work=Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names |author=Hans G. Hansson |publisher=Göteborgs Universitet |accessdate=November 4, 2012 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225194053/https://www.tmbl.gu.se/libdb/taxon/personetymol/petymol.ef.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="NgClark">{{cite journal |author=Peter K. L. Ng & Paul F. Clark |year=2003 |title=Three new genera of Indo-West Pacific Xanthidae (Crustacea, Decapoda, Brachyura, Xanthoidea) |journal=Zoosystema |volume=25 |issue=1 |pages=131–147 |url=http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z03n1a4.pdf |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120319203826/http://www.mnhn.fr/publication/zoosyst/z03n1a4.pdf |archivedate=2012-03-19 }}</ref> ;Genera *''Forestia'' Guinot, 1976 *''Pagurojacquesia'' de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 2000 (replacement name for ''Jacquesia'' de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 1999)<ref>{{cite WoRMS |author=Patsy McLaughlin |year=2012 |title=''Jacquesia'' de Saint Laurent & McLaughlin, 1999 |db=Paguroidea |id=411781 |accessdate=November 5, 2012}}</ref> *''Jacforus'' Ng & Clark, 2003

;Species {{div col|colwidth=24em}} *''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'' 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'' 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'' A. J. Bruce, 1981 *''Psilopsea foresti'' d'Hondt, 1981 *''Nuculana foresti'' Metivier, 1982 *''Platypodia foresti'' 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'' Chen, 1989 *''Lophopagurus foresti'' Zarenkov, 1989 *''Porcellanopagurus foresti'' Zarenkov, 1989 *''Trachycarcinus foresti'' Guinot, 1989 *''Upogebia foresti'' Nguyen, 1989 *''Alainosquilla foresti'' Moosa, 1991 *''Ascorhynchus foresti'' Stock, 1991 *''Lophopagurus foresti'' McLaughlin & Gunn, 1992 *''Dromia foresti'' McLay, 1993 *''Palaemonella foresti'' A. J. Bruce, 2001 *''{{ill|Munida foresti|nl}}'' Macpherson & de Saint Laurent, 2002<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Macpherson |first1={{abbr|E.|Enrique}} |last2=de Saint Laurent |first2=M. |year=2002 |title=On the Genus ''Munida'' Leach, 1820 (Decapoda, Galatheidae) from the Western and Southern Indian Ocean, with the Description of Four New Species |journal=Crustaceana |volume=75 |series= |issue=3/4 |pages=465–484 |issn= |pmid= |pmc= |doi= 10.1163/156854002760095525|bibcode=2002Crust..75..465M |oclc= |url=https://research.nhm.org/pdfs/12114/12114.pdf |language=en |archive-url=https://www.freezepage.com/1702030294PIEENYXCCO |archive-date=2023-12-08 |access-date=2023-12-08 |quote=Etymology. — The species is dedicated to Jacques Forest for his valuable contribution to carcinological taxonomy }}</ref> {{div col end}}

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