Macronectes Richmond, 1905
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- GENUS
- Published in
- <i>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington</i>, <b>18</b>: 76
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Aves
- order
- Procellariiformes
- family
- Procellariidae
- genus
- Macronectes
Name
- Synonyms
- Ossifraga Hombron & Jacquinot, 1844
- Ossifragus Gray, 1855
- Homonyms
- Macronectes Richmond, 1905
- Common names
- giant petrel in English
Bibliographic References
- Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>
- CoL2006
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1751 Procellaria Gigantea Gmelin, [1789] (currently Macronectes Giganteus; Aves, Procellariiformes): usage of the specific name conserved by the designation of a neotype.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 50(4), 298-299 (1993)
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
- Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em>
- Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 18
- SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
- SN2000/Monroe Jr. & Sibley, 1993
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- WoRMS (Mar 2013)
- web search (AJR)