Common name of Chaceon quinquedens
 
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'.
 
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