Antarctic Taxa

all Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 66° 44' 00.0" S Longitude 48° 35' 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 musculus (Linnaeus,1758) Blue Whale * Observations
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Ceratodon purpureus Dixon, 1914 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Diomedea chrysostoma Forster,1785 Grey-headed Albatross Observations
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus,1758 Wandering Albatross * Observations
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878) Lantern fish Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Larus dominicanus Lichtenstein, 1823 Kelp Gull Observations
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842) Crabeater Seal * Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Notolepis coatsi Dollo, 1908 Antarctic jonasfish Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Ommatophoca rossii Gray,1844 Ross Seal * Observations
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale * Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Paralabidocera grandispina Waghorn, 1979 Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902 Antarctic Silverfish * Observations
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel * Observations
Pterodroma brevirostris (Lesson, 1833) Kerguelen Petrel Observations
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot,1826) White-headed Petrel Observations
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin,1789) Sooty Shearwater Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Tisbe prolata Waghorn, 1979 Observations

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