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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Chordata (phylum) » Aves (class) » Procellariiformes (order) » Diomedeidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 40 040012 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917 |
Rank: | Species |
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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 southern royal albatross, i.e. Diomedea epomophora sanfordi | ||||
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Record source and 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 |