Common Name | Gériocrabe rouge |
Language | French |
Type | Vernacular |
Official Trade Name | No |
Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
Country | France |
Locality | |
Ref. | Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum, 2005 |
Life Stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | females and males |
Core | person (eponym) |
1st Modifier | behavior |
2nd Modifier | color pattern(s) |
Remarks | 'gério' from 'Geryon', i.e., genus name employed for this species and which probably came from Latin 'Geryon', i.e., a mythic king in Spain having three bodies and whose oxen were carried off by Hercules; 'crabe' from 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'. |