Antarctic Taxa

all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 64° 52' 00.0" S Longitude 86° 10' 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 acutorostrata Laciphde,1804 Minke Whale * Observations
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke 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
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
Cryodraco antarcticus Dollo, 1900 Long Fingered Icefish Observations
Ctenocalanus citer Heron and Bowmen, 1971 Observations
Ctenocalanus vanus Giesbrecht, 1988 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Diomedea epomophora Lesson,1825 Southern Royal Albatross * Observations
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus,1758 Wandering Albatross * Observations
Euchirella rostrata (Claus, 1866) Observations
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Observations
Eukrohnia sp. Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Euphausia triacantha Holt and Tattersall, 1906 Observations
Fregetta grallaria grallaria (Vieilott, 1817) White-bellied Storm Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) * Observations
Fritillaria sp. Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Haloptilus ocellatus Wolfenden, 1905 Observations
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville,1820) Leopard Seal * Observations
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842) Crabeater Seal * Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes halli Mathews,1912 Northern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes spp. Giant-petrel sp. Observations
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,1781) Humpback Whale * Observations
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Nematocarcinus sp. Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Oikopleura sp. Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Ommatophoca rossii Gray,1844 Ross Seal * Observations
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale * Observations
Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Prion Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Paraeuchaeta antarctica (Giesbrecht, 1902) Observations
Parathemisto gaudichaudi Guérin, 1825 Observations
Pelagobia longicirrata Greeff 1879 Observations
Pelecanoides spp. Diving Petrel sp. 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
Protopelagonemertes hubrechti (Brinkman 1917) Observations
Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster,1844) Mottled 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
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Sagitta marri David 1956 Observations
Sagitta sp. Observations
Siphonophore nectophore Observations
Spongiobranchaea australis d'Orbigny, 1836 Observations
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern * Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825 Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations
Thysanoessa sp. Observations
Tomopteris carpenteri Quatrefages 1865 Observations
Tomopteris sp. Observations

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