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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	40 040002 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Thalassarche cauta   (Gould, 1841)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 40 - Aves Birds Family: 40 40 Diomedeidae (albatrosses) - show full list Common Name: shy albatross Common Names List: (Australian form) Tasmanian mollymawk Organism Type: an albatross Synonyms: Diomedea cauta (in part) Thalassarche cauta cauta Taxon lists: Current Australian list: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List: Parent Codes: 40 040903     Thalassarche spp.

Taxon Notes:	NB, various former subspecies of this taxon are recognised in CAAB as independent taxa, namely ssp. salvini (now T. salvini) and ssp. eremita (now T. eremita). This CAAB code refers to the remaining, monotypic form.
Scientific Name Notes:	Recently transferred by Robertson & Nunn (1998) from Diomedea to Thalassarche.
Identifiers:	ABRS 0091 View at Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) AFD urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f8b5e12a-96fe-4bce-893d-a6b319a4ae90 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia ITIS 174519 View at ITIS WoRMS urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:225902 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2022-08-04 View at WoRMS    - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

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Record source:	Ross, G. J. B. Weaver, K. Greig, J.C., Editors, 1996, The Status of Australia's Seabirds. Proceedings of the National Seabird Workshop, Canberra, 1-2 November 1993. Biodiversity Group, Environment Australia, Canberra 237pp.
Scientific Name verified against:	Robertson, C. J. R., Nunn, G. B, 1998. Towards a new taxonomy for albatrosses. In: Robertson, G. Gales, R., Editors, Albatross Biology and Conservation: 13-19. Surrey Beatty and Sons Ltd., Chipping Norton, NSW, Australia