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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report

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CAAB Code:	40 040015 show as JSON
Scientific Name and Authority:	Thalassarche platei   (Reichenow, 1898)
Rank:	Species

CAAB category: 40 - Aves Birds Family: 40 40 Diomedeidae (albatrosses) - show full list Common Name: Pacific albatross Common Names List: Pacific mollymawk Organism Type: an albatross Synonyms: Diomedea platei Diomedea bulleri platei 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 040903     Thalassarche 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:	Alternatively considered a subspecies of the Buller's albatross, Thalassarche (=Diomedea) bulleri
Identifiers:	AFD NZOR-6-84360 Name status: accepted    Checked on: 2019-11-21 View at Atlas of Living Australia

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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