Antarctic Taxa

all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 64° 40' 00.0" S Longitude 140° 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
Amphidinium hadai Balech, 1976 Observations
Amphidinium sp. Observations
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 Emperor Penguin Observations
Asteromphalus hookeri Ehrenb., 1844 Observations
Asteromphalus hyalinus G. Karst., 1905 Observations
Asteromphalus sp. Observations
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Laciphde,1804 Minke Whale * Observations
Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht,1902) Observations
Calanus propinquus Brady,1883 Observations
Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Calanus sp. Observations
Calycopsis borchgrewinki (Browne, 1910) Observations
Candacia sp. Observations
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Chaetoceros bulbosum (Ehrenberg) Heiden in Heiden and Kolbe Observations
Chaetoceros criophilum Observations
Chaetoceros dichaeta Ehrenb. (Ehrenberg, 1844) Observations
Chaetoceros flexuosum Observations
Chaetoceros neglectum Observations
Chaetoceros neogracile Observations
Chaetoceros pendulum Observations
Chaetoceros peruvianum Observations
Chaetoceros socialis Lauder, 1864 Observations
Chaetoceros sp. Observations
Clausocalanus brevipes Frost and Fleminger, 1968 Observations
Clausocalanus laticeps Farren, 1929 Observations
Clausocalanus sp. Observations
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus,1767 Observations
Clione antarctica Observations
Corethron criophilum Castracane, 1886 Observations
Cryptomonas sp. Observations
Ctenocalanus citer Heron and Bowmen, 1971 Observations
Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916 Mawson?s dragonfish Observations
Cyllopus lucasii Bate,1862 Observations
Dactyliosolen antarctica Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Daption capense capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel (southern) Observations
Dictyocha speculum Ehrenb., 1837 Observations
Dinophysis antarctica Balech, 1958 Observations
Dinophysis contracta (Kofoid & Skogsb.) Balech, 1973 Observations
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus,1758 Wandering Albatross * Observations
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878) Lantern fish Observations
Euaugaptilus sp. Observations
Eucampia balaustium Castracane 1886 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
Fragilariopsis curta (van Heurck) Hust., 1958 Observations
Fragilariopsis cylindrus (Grunow) Willi Krieg., 1954 Observations
Fragilariopsis kerguelensis (O'Meara) Hust., 1952 Observations
Fragilariopsis pseudonana (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Observations
Fragilariopsis sp. Observations
Fragilariopsis spp. Observations
Fritillaria sp. Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Gaetanus affinis (Sars G.O., 1905) Observations
Gaetanus tenuispinus (Sars G.O. 1900) Observations
Galiteuthis glacialis Chun,1906 Observations
Gonyaulax sp. Observations
Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905) Lantern fish Observations
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert 1911) Nichol's lanternfish Observations
Gyrodinium sp. Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht,1889) Observations
Haslea sp. Observations
Heterorhabdus austrinus Giesbrecht,1902 Observations
Hyperiella dilatata Stebbing,1888 Observations
Katodinium sp. Observations
Limacina helicina (Dadon, 1989) Observations
Limacina sp. Observations
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842) Crabeater Seal * Observations
Lubbockia sp. Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes spp. Giant-petrel sp. Observations
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Metridia lucens Boeck, 1864 Observations
Microcalanus pygmaeus (G. O. Sars, 1900) Observations
Microsetella sp. Observations
Navicula directa (Wm. Smith) Ralfs in Pritchard 1861 Observations
Navicula sp. Observations
Nitzschia closterium (Ehrenberg) W. Smith 1853 Observations
Nitzschia directa Observations
Nitzschia longissima (Br¿b.) Ralfs Observations
Nitzschia sp. Observations
Nitzschia subcurvata Observations
Notolepis coatsi Dollo, 1908 Antarctic jonasfish Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Oikopleura sp. Observations
Oithona frigida (Giesgrecht, 1902) Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Oithona sp. Observations
Ommatophoca rossii Gray,1844 Ross Seal * Observations
Oncaea sp. Observations
Onchocalanus sp. Observations
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale * Observations
Pachyptila salvini (Mathews,1912) Salvin's Prion Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl,1820) Fairy Prion Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Paraeuchaeta antarctica (Giesbrecht, 1902) Observations
Paraeuchaeta exigua (Wolfenden, 1911) Observations
Parvicorbicula sp. Observations
Pegantha martagon Haeckel 1879 Observations
Pelagobia longicirrata Greeff 1879 Observations
Pelecanoides spp. Diving Petrel sp. Observations
Phalacrophorous pictus Greeff, 1879 Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902 Antarctic Silverfish * Observations
Pleuromamma robusta (F.Dahl, 1893) Observations
Primno macropa Guerin-Meneville, 1836 Observations
Proboscia inermis (Castrac.) Jord & Ligowski Observations
Prorocentrum antarcticum (Hada) Balech, 1975 Observations
Prorocentrum sp. Observations
Pseudonitzschia heimii Manguin, 1957 Observations
Pseudonitzschia prolongatoides (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Observations
Pseudonitzschia turgidula (Hust.) Hasle, 1993 Observations
Pseudonitzschia turgiduloides (Hasle) Hasle, 1993 Observations
Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster,1844) Mottled Petrel Observations
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot,1826) White-headed Petrel Observations
Pterodroma leucoptera (Gould,1844) Gould's Petrel * Observations
Puffinus spp. indet Short-tailed/Sooty Shearwater Observations
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck,1835) Short-tailed Shearwater Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Rhizosolenia chunii Karst., 1905 Observations
Rhizosolenia cylindrus P.T. Cleve 1897 Observations
Rhizosolenia hebetata f. semispina (Bailey) Gran Observations
Rhizosolenia simplex Karst., 1905 Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Sagitta marri David 1956 Observations
Salpa thompsoni Foxton 1961 Observations
Siphonophore nectophore Observations
Stephos longipes (Giesbrecht, 1902) Observations
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern * Observations
Thalassarche melanophrys Temminck, 1828 Black-browed Albatross * Observations
Thalassiosira sp. Observations
Thalassiosira tumida (Janisch) Hasle Observations
Thalassiothrix antarctica Schimp. ex Karst., 1905 Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Themisto gaudichaudi Guerin,1825 Observations
Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825 Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations
Tomopteris carpenteri Quatrefages 1865 Observations
Tomopteris septentrionalis Steenstrup 1849 Observations
Tomopteris sp. Observations
Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh 1885) Observations
Vanadis longissima (Levinsen 1885) Observations
Vibilia antarctica Stebbing, 1888 Observations
Vibilia sp. Observations
Zanclonia weldoni (Browne, 1910) Observations

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