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Solving a long-standing nomenclatorial controversy: designation of a neotype for the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800)

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Lucero, Sergio, Rodríguez, Sara M., Teta, Pablo, Cassini, Guillermo, D'Elía, Guillermo (2019): Solving a long-standing nomenclatorial controversy: designation of a neotype for the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800). Zootaxa 4555 (2): 296-300, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.13

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