The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- MACRONECTES
(Procellariidae; † Southern Giant Petrel M. giganteus) Gr. μακρος makros great; νηκτης nēktēs swimmer < νηχω nēkhō to swim; "The generic name Ossifraga, given by Hombron and Jacquinot (Comptes Rendus, XVIII, 1844, p. 356) to Procellaria gigantea Gmelin, is antedated by Ossifraga N. Wood (Analyst, II, 1835, p. 305; VI, 1837, p. 244), applied to a very different group of birds. As the Giant Fulmar is thus bereft of its generic name, that of Macronectes may be suggested as an equivalent." (Richmond 1905); "Macronectes Richmond, 1905, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, XVIII, p. 76. New name for Ossifraga Hombron and Jacquinot, 1844, not of N. Wood, 1835.” (JAJ 2022).
Synon. Ossifraga.
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