Neotype designation of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) (Aves: Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae)
Neotype designation of the Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) (Aves: Procellariiformes: Diomedeidae)
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短尾信天翁 Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) 的新型名称（鸟纲：Procellariiformes：Diomedeidae）
DOI：
10.11646/zootaxa.5124.1.6
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发表时间：
2022
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0.9
通讯作者：
Vladimir L.
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作者：
Yamasaki T.;Eda M.;Richard S.;Vladimir L.
短尾信天翁是一种受威胁的海鸟，广泛分布于北太平洋，其最大的繁殖地位于相隔1700多公里的日本尖阁诸岛和鸟儿岛。最近基于形态、行为和DNA序列证据的分类修订揭示，该物种由两个神秘的物种组成：一个较小的物种主要在尖阁列岛繁殖，另一个较大的物种主要在东岛岛繁殖。然而，目前还不清楚这些物种中的哪些物种适用于信天翁的学名，因为模式标本已经丢失。这里指定了一个新模式来解决这个分类问题。从现在开始，信天翁的学名应该只适用于尖阁诸岛上繁殖的较小物种。较大的物种的名称更有问题，因为必须追踪、发现和检查信天翁的每个同义词的类型。
The Short-tailed Albatross Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) is a threatened seabird widely distributed in the northern Pacific Ocean with its largest breeding sites on the Senkaku Islands and Torishima Island, Japan, which are separated by over 1700 km. A recent taxonomic revision based on morphological, behavioral, and DNA sequence evidence has revealed that this species consists of two cryptic species: a smaller species which breeds mainly in the Senkaku Islands, and a larger species which breeds mainly on Torishima Island. However, it has remained unclear to which of these species the scientific name Phoebastria albatrus applies, because the type specimens are lost. Here a neotype is designated to resolve this taxonomic issue. From now on, the scientific name Phoebastria albatrus should be applied only to the smaller species breeding on the Senkaku Islands. The name of the larger species is more problematic, as the types of each synonym of P. albatrus must be traced, found, and examined.