CAAB - Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota

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CAAB Code:	40 040011 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Diomedea antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992
Rank:	Species

CAAB category:	40 - Aves Birds
Family:	40 40 Diomedeidae (albatrosses) - show full list
Common Name:	antipodean albatross
Common Names List:
Organism Type:	an albatross
Synonyms:	Diomedea exulans antipodensis
Taxon lists:	Current Australian list: Species not on current Australian list, but occuring in adjacent region: Commercial species list: Standard Fish Names List:
Parent Codes:	40 040901 Diomedea spp.

Taxon Notes:

Elevated to a separate species in the treatment of Robertson & Nunn (1998), but without universal acceptance at this time

Scientific Name Notes:

Prior to 1995 (and still by some authorities) considered a subspecies of the wandering albatross, i.e. Diomedea exulans antipodensis

Identifiers:

AFD	urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:63b9481d-8383-4927-b34d-f194dd7066e3 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia
WoRMS	urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405084 Name status: accepted Checked on: 2021-11-18 View at WoRMS - also at Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS) (report and map of occurrences)

Record source:	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
Scientific Name verified against:	Robertson, C. J. R./Warham , J., 1992. Nomenclature of the New Zealand wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans, Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club, Vol. 112: 74-81.

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