Antarctic Taxa

all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 60° 53' 00.0" S Longitude 70° 15' 00.0" E )

Use the link on the Scientific Name to see full details of that taxa. The Observations link allows the user to search for observations near this place.

Any species that are protected are indicated by a *

Scientific NameAuthorityCommon Name   Observations
Actinocyclus divisus (Grunow) Hust., 1958 Observations
Alexandrium tamarense (Lebour) Balech, 1995 Observations
Asteromphalus hookeri Ehrenb., 1844 Observations
Asteromphalus hyalinus G. Karst., 1905 Observations
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera borealis Lesson,1828 Sei Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus,1758) Blue Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus,1758 Fin Whale * Observations
Chaetoceros curvatus Castrac. (Castracane, 1886) Observations
Chaetoceros dichaeta Ehrenb. (Ehrenberg, 1844) Observations
Chaetoceros simplex Ostenf, 1901 Observations
Chaetoceros sp. Observations
Corethron pennatum (Grunow) Ostenf., 1903 Observations
Corethron sp. Observations
Cylindrotheca closterium (Ehrenb.) Reimann & Lewin, 1964 Observations
Dactyliosolen antarcticus Castrac., 1886 Observations
Dactyliosolen tenuijunctus (Manguin) Hasle, 1975 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Dictyocha speculum Ehrenb., 1837 Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Grunow) Willi Krieg., 1954 Observations
Fragilariopsis kerguelensis (O'Meara) Hust., 1952 Observations
Fragilariopsis pseudonana (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Observations
Fragilariopsis rhombica (O'Meara) Hust., 1952 Observations
Fragilariopsis ritscheri Hust., 1958 Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Guinardia cylindrus (Cleve) Hasle Observations
Gymnodinium sp. Observations
Gyrodinium glaciale Hada, 1970 Observations
Gyrodinium sp. Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Leptocylindrus mediterraneus (Perag.) Hasle, 1975 Observations
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842) Crabeater Seal * Observations
Lugensa brevirostris (Lesson,1831) Kerguelen Petrel Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,1781) Humpback Whale * Observations
Meringosphaera mediterranea Lohmann, 1902 Observations
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus,1758) Southern Elephant Seal * Observations
Nitzschia acicularis (Kitz.) W.Sm, 1856 Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Ommatophoca rossii Gray,1844 Ross Seal * Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Phoebetria spp. Sooty Albatross sp. Observations
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus,1758 Sperm Whale * Observations
Plagiotropis gaussii (Heiden) Paddock, 1988 Observations
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel * Observations
Prorocentrum sp. Observations
Pseudonitzschia subcurvata (Hasle) Fryxnell, 1993 Observations
Pterodroma mollis (Gould,1844) Soft-plumaged Petrel * Observations
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin,1789) Sooty Shearwater Observations
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck,1835) Short-tailed Shearwater Observations
Thalassiosira gracilis var. gracilis (Karst.) Hust. Observations
Thalassiosira perpusilla Kozlova, 1962 Observations
Thalassiosira sp. Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Trichotoxon reinboldii (van Heurck) Reid & Round, 1987 Observations

For additional taxa, see the Search Taxonomy page of Antarctic Biodiversity.