Biodiversity - SCAR EBA program

Advanced Taxonomy Search

The biodiversity database holds Antarctic and subantarctic flora and fauna in support of the SCAR Life Sciences programme EBA (Evolution and Biodiversity in the Antarctic). For further details, see the EBA website.

Use this form to find a species via its name, or use the Taxonomic drilldown

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Taxonomy search

Taxonomy Search

The search options are

enter a two part name and the search will be restricted to genus/species or
enter one word and both genus, species and sub-species names will be searched or
enter an initial letter for the genus followed by a full stop and then part of the species name. An example is A. forst will find all genus staring with A and species containing fort which will return amongst others, the Emperor Penguin. For this option, you must select the Scientific Type of search option.

A maximum of 1000 records are returned.

Match on this word or fragment	Allow a Case sensitive search
Type of search:	Hierachy search - Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order Scientific (family genus species sub-species) Wildcard (searches scientific and common names) Common names only Authority Taxon ID - direct access to a specific taxon.
Restrict the search to	the currently accepted names introduced species to the Antarctic/subantarctic and Southern Ocean endemic Antarctic/subantarctic and Southern Ocean species families of known Antarctic/subantarctic and Southern Ocean species
Display options	Full Hierachy - Kingdom/Phylum/Class/Order/Family Common name Authority
Sort order
Output Format	-- If Excel or Word, enter its filename (ignoring extension)

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