Solving a long-standing nomenclatorial controversy: designation of a neotype for the southern sea lion Otaria flavescens (Shaw, 1800).
Lucero S, RodrÍguez SM, Teta P, Cassini G, D'elÍa G.
Lucero S, et al. Among authors: teta p.
Zootaxa. 2019 Feb 12;4555(2):296-300. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4555.2.13.
Zootaxa. 2019.
PMID: 30790968
While some researchers have argued that the correct name for this species is Phoca flavescens Shaw, 1800 (e.g., Cabrera, 1940, Rice, 1977; Rodriguez Bastida, 1993; Teta et al., 2018), others have used P. byronia de Blainville, 1820 (e.g., Allen, 1905; Hamilton, 1934 …
While some researchers have argued that the correct name for this species is Phoca flavescens Shaw, 1800 (e.g., Cabrera, 1940, Rice, 1977; R …