Antarctic Taxa

all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 62° 30' 00.0" S Longitude 70° 00' 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
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 Emperor Penguin 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
Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht,1902) Observations
Calanus propinquus Brady,1883 Observations
Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Calycopsis borchgrewinki (Browne, 1910) Observations
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Clausocalanus brevipes Frost and Fleminger, 1968 Observations
Clausocalanus laticeps Farren, 1929 Observations
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus,1767 Observations
Clione antarctica Observations
Ctenocalanus citer Heron and Bowmen, 1971 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Eucalanus longiceps Matthews, 1925 Observations
Euchirella rostromagna Wolfenden, 1905 Observations
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Observations
Euphausia frigida Hansen, 1911 Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Euphausia triacantha Holt and Tattersall, 1906 Observations
Fritillaria sp. Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Globoppia maior Hammer, 1962 Observations
Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht,1889) Observations
Heterostylites longicornis (Giesbrecht, 1889) Observations
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville,1820) Leopard Seal * Observations
Ihlea racovitzai (Van Beneden & Selys Longchamp, 1913) Observations
Lagenorhynchus cruciger (Quoy and Gaimard,1824) Hourglass Dolphin Observations
Limacina retroversa (Lalli, 1972) Observations
Limacina sp. 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
Macronectes spp. Giant-petrel sp. Observations
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,1781) Humpback Whale * Observations
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Microcalanus pygmaeus (G. O. Sars, 1900) Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Oikopleura sp. Observations
Oithona frigida (Giesgrecht, 1902) Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Oncaea antarctica Heron, 1977 Observations
Oncaea curvata Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Prion Observations
Pachyptila salvini (Mathews,1912) Salvin's Prion Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Phalacrophorus pictus Greeff 1879 Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus,1758 Sperm Whale * Observations
Primno macropa Guerin-Meneville, 1836 Observations
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel * Observations
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin,1789) Sooty Shearwater Observations
Puffinus spp. shearwater sp. Observations
Puffinus spp. indet Short-tailed/Sooty Shearwater Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Racovitzanus antarcticus Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Salpa thompsoni Foxton 1961 Observations
Scolecithricella minor (Brady,1883) Observations
Spongiobranchaea australis d'Orbigny, 1836 Observations
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern * Observations
Thalassarche melanophrys Temminck, 1828 Black-browed Albatross * Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Themisto gaudichaudi Guerin,1825 Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations
Tomopteris carpenteri Quatrefages 1865 Observations

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