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Settling the name Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 for the Wandering Albatross by neotypification

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Schodde, Richard, Tennyson, Alan J. D., Groth, Jeff G., Lai, Jonas, Scofield, Paul, Steinheimer, Frank D. (2017): Settling the name Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758 for the Wandering Albatross by neotypification. Zootaxa 4236 (1): 135-148, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4236.1.7

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