Edward Forbes

Edward Forbes (1815-02-12 – 1854-11-18), British naturalist (botany, malacology, zoology) from Isle of Man.

IPNI standard form: E.Forbes

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Forbes, E. 1839. On the Asteriadae of the Irish Sea. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 8: 114-129. BHL Reference page.
Forbes, E. & Goodsir, J. 1839. Notice of zoological researches in Orkney and Shetland during the month of June, 1839. Athenaeum 618: 647. Google books Reprint? Reference page.

Forbes, E. 1840. On some new and rare British mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(29): 102–108. BHL Reference page.

Forbes E. 1841 [1840–1841]. A history of British starfishes, and other animals of the class Echinodermata. John Van Voorst, London. xx 267 pp. ( 3 pp. indexes and errata). BHL Reference page.

Forbes, E. 1843. On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I., Ophiuridae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 19: 143-153. BHL Reference page.

Forbes, E. 1845. Catalogue of Lower Greensand Fossils, in the Museum of the Geological Society, with Notices of Species New to Britain, Contained in other Collections. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 1, 345–355. DOI: 10.1144/GSL.JGS.1845.001.01.79 Reference page.

Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1848–1853. A History of British Mollusca and their Shells. Vol. 1. Including the Tunicata, and the families of Lamellibranchiata as far as Cyprinidae. lxxx, 486 p., [64] leaves of plates. London: John van Voorst. BHL Reference page.
Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1848–1853. A History of British Mollusca and their Shells. Vol. 2. Including the remaining families of bivalves, the Pteropoda, and the Gasteropoda as far as Ianthinidae. viii, 557 p. London: John van Voorst. BHL Reference page.
Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1848–1853. A History of British Mollusca and their Shells. Vol. 3. Including the families of Gasteropoda from Neritidae to Elysiadae. x, 616 p. London: John van Voorst. BHL Reference page.
Forbes, E. & Hanley, S. 1848–1853. A History of British Mollusca and their Shells. Vol. 4. Pulmonifera and Cephalopoda.. vi, 301 p., 133 leaves of plates. London: John van Voorst. BHL Reference page.

Forbes, E. 1849. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Decade I. (Echinoderms: Asteriadae & Echinidae) Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom BHL
Forbes, E. 1849. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Decade II. (Trilobites) Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom BHL

Forbes, E. 1850. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Decade III. (Echinodermata: Asteriadae & Echinidae) Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom BHL

Forbes, E. 1852. Monograph of the Echinodermata of the British tertiaries. London, Printed for the Palæontographical society. 1–36. BHL.Reference page.
Forbes, E. 1852. Notes on animals of the class Echinodermata collected by Dr. Sutherland in Assistance Bay. In Sutherland, P.C. Journal of a voyage in Baffin's Bay and Barrow Straits, in the years 1850-1851, performed by H.M. Ships "Lady Franklin" and "Sophia". II: appendix ccxiv–ccxvi. Internet Archive.Reference page.
Forbes, E. 1852. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Decade IV. (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom BHL

Forbes, E. 1853. Figures and descriptions illustrative of British organic remains. Decade VII. (Trilobites) Memoirs of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom BHL