WoRMS taxon details
Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Diomedea amsterdamensis Roux, Jouventin, Mougin, Stahl & Weimerskirch, 1983
- Species Diomedea antipodensis Robertson & Warham, 1992
- Species Diomedea dabbenena Mathews, 1929
- Species Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825
- Species Diomedea exulans Linnaeus, 1758
- Species Diomedea gibsoni Robertson & Warham, 1992
- Species Diomedea sanfordi Murphy, 1917
- Species Diomedea albatrus Pallas, 1769 accepted as Phoebastria albatrus (Pallas, 1769) (synonym)
- Species Diomedea bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) accepted as Thalassarche bulleri (Rothschild, 1893) (synonym)
- Species Diomedea cauta Gould, 1841 accepted as Thalassarche cauta (Gould, 1841) (synonym)
- Species Diomedea chlororhynchos Gmelin, 1789 accepted as Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Gmelin, 1789) (synonym)
- Species Diomedea chrysostoma Forster, 1785 accepted as Thalassarche chrysostoma (Forster, 1785) (synonym)
- Species Diomedea epomorpha Lesson, 1825 accepted as Diomedea epomophora Lesson, 1825 (spelling mistake)
- Species Diomedea immutabilis Rothschild, 1893 accepted as Phoebastria immutabilis (Rothschild, 1893)
- Species Diomedea irrorata Salvin, 1883 accepted as Phoebastria irrorata (Salvin, 1883) (synonym)
- Species Diomedea melanophris Temminck, 1828 accepted as Thalassarche melanophris (Temminck, 1828)
- Species Diomedea nigripes Audubon, 1839 accepted as Phoebastria nigripes (Audubon, 1849)
- Species Diomedea platei Reichenow, 1898 accepted as Thalassarche bulleri platei (Reichenow, 1898)
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Large, white-bodied birds with black or black and white wings. Twelve tail feathers. <388>
Description Large, white-bodied birds with black or black and white wings. Twelve tail feathers. <388> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Diomedea Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205273 on 2025-04-03
Date
action
by
1998-06-25 12:17:44Z
created
Depew, Lorna
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z
changed
Camba Reu, Cibran
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Nomenclature
original description
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
[request]basis of record Brown, L.H., E.K. Urban & K. Newman. (1982). The Birds of Africa, Volume I. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Large, white-bodied birds with black or black and white wings. Twelve tail feathers. <388> [details]
