Antarctic Taxa

Fauna Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 53° 02' 52.0" S Longitude 72° 35' 29.0" E )

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Scientific NameAuthorityCommon Name   Observations
Aegina sp. Observations
Alaskozetes antarcticus Mite Observations
Alaskozetes antarcticus grandjeani Observations
Alciopidae sp. Observations
Algophagus antarcticus Hughes Observations
Algophagus semicollaris Fain Observations
Amalopteryx maritima True Fly Observations
Anatalanta aptera True fly Observations
Aptenodytes patagonicus Miller,1778 King Penguin Observations
Arctocephalus gazella (Peters,1875) Antarctic Fur Seal * Observations
Austranoetus kerguelenensis Fain Observations
Austroppia crozetensis (Richters) Observations
Balaenoptera physalus Linnaeus,1758 Fin Whale * Observations
Bathydraco antarcticus Günther, 1878 Observations
Bathydraco joannae DeWitt, 1985 Observations
Bathydraco sp. Observations
Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876) Eaton's Skate Observations
Bathyraja irrasa Hureau and Ozouf-Costaz Sandpaper Skate Observations
Bathyraja murrayi (Günther, 1880) Murray's Skate Observations
Bdellodes sp. Observations
Boreomysis rostrata Illig, 1906 Observations
Bothrometopus brevis C.O.Waterhouse Observations
Bothrometopus gracilipes C.O.Waterhouse Observations
Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht,1902) Observations
Calanus propinquus Brady,1883 Observations
Calanus simillimus Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Callianira antarctica Chun 1897 Observations
Callianira cristata Moser 1909 Observations
Calycopsis borchgrevinki (Browne, 1910) Observations
Calycopteryx moseleyi moseleyi True fly Observations
Candacia maxima Vervoort, 1957 Observations
Canonopsis sericeus Observations
Catharacta lonnbergi lonnbergi Subantarctic Skua (southern) Observations
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Catharacta skua Br¿nnich,1764 Great Skua Observations
Cephalopoda sp. Cephalopods Observations
Champsocephalus gunnari Lonnberg Mackerel icefish * Observations
Channichthys rhinoceratus Richardson, 1844 Unicorn icefish * Observations
Clio sp. Observations
Clione sulcata (Pfeffer, 1879) Observations
Cosmetirella davisi (Browne 1902) Observations
Crossota brunnea Vanhoffen 1902 Observations
Crustacea sp. Observations
Cyllopus lucasii Bate,1862 Observations
Cyllopus sp. Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Daption capense capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel (southern) Observations
Davacarus gressitti Hunter Observations
Delphinidae sp. Dolphin sp. Observations
Diomedea epomophora Lesson,1825 Southern Royal Albatross * Observations
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus,1758 Wandering Albatross * Observations
Dissostichus eleginoides Smitt, 1898 Patagonian toothfish * Observations
Dissostichus sp. Toothfish spp Observations
Ectemnorhinus viridis G.R.Waterhouse Observations
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878) Lantern fish Observations
Electrona carlsbergi (Tanning 1932) Lantern fish * Observations
Embryonopsis halticella Moth Observations
Euchaeta antarctica Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Euchirella rostromagna Wolfenden, 1905 Observations
Eudyptes chrysocome (Forster,1781) Rockhopper Penguin * Observations
Eudyptes chrysocome filholi Rockhopper Penguin (eastern) * Observations
Eudyptes chrysolophus (Brandt,1837) Macaroni Penguin * Observations
Eudyptes schlegeli Finch,1876 Royal Penguin * Observations
Eukrohnia bathyantarctica David 1958a Observations
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Observations
Euphausia triacantha Holt and Tattersall, 1906 Observations
Euphausia vallentini Stebbing, 1900 Observations
Fregetta grallaria grallaria (Vieilott, 1817) White-bellied Storm Petrel (Tasman Sea), White-bellied Storm-Petrel (Australasian) * Observations
Fregetta tropica (Gould,1844) Black-bellied Storm Petrel Observations
Fritillaria sp. Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Gammaridae sp. Observations
Globoppia intermedia Hammer Mite Observations
Globoppia intermedia longiseta Observations
Globoppia loxolineata (Wallwork) Observations
Gobionotothen acuta Gunther Triangular Rockcod Observations
Gonostomatidae sp. Bristlemouth Observations
Gymnoscopelus braueri (Lönnberg, 1905) Lantern fish Observations
Gymnoscopelus nicholsi (Gilbert 1911) Nichol's lanternfish Observations
Gymnoscopelus sp. Lantern fish Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht,1889) Observations
Halozetes belgicae (Michael) Observations
Halozetes crozetensis (Richters) Observations
Halozetes intermedius (Wallwork) Observations
Halozetes marinus (Lohmann) Mite Observations
Halozetes marionensis Engelbrecht Observations
Heterorhabdus austrinus Giesbrecht,1902 Observations
Hyadesia halophila Fain Observations
Hyadesia kerguelenensis Lohmann Observations
Hyadesia subantarctica Fain Observations
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville,1820) Leopard Seal * Observations
Hyperia antarctica Spandl,1927 Observations
Hyperiella dilatata Stebbing,1888 Observations
Ihlea sp. Observations
Isobactrus magnus (Lohmann) Observations
Krefftichthys anderssoni (Lönnberg, 1905) Lantern fish Observations
Krefftichthys sp. Observations
Lensia sp. Observations
Lepidonotothen mizops (Günther, 1880) Toad Rockcod Observations
Lepidonotothen squamifrons Gunther Grey rockcod * Observations
Limacina helicina (Dadon, 1989) Observations
Limacina retroversa (Lalli, 1972) Observations
Limacina sp. Observations
Litogamasus sp. Observations
Lohmannella falcata (Hodge) Observations
Lugensa brevirostris (Lesson,1831) Kerguelen Petrel Observations
Lycodapus antarcticus Tomo, 1982 Observations
Lycodapus sp. Observations
Macquarioppia striata (Wallwork) Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes halli Mathews,1912 Northern Giant Petrel * Observations
Macronectes spp. Giant-petrel sp. Observations
Macrourus holotrachys Günther, 1878 Observations
Melanostigma gelatinosum Gunther Observations
Metridia lucens Boeck, 1864 Observations
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus,1758) Southern Elephant Seal * Observations
Muraenolepis sp. Moray cods Observations
Myctophid larva Lantern fish Observations
Myctophidae indet Lanternfish Observations
Myro kerguelenensis crozetensis Enderlein, 1909 Observations
Nasolychnus fraseri Lanternfish Observations
Neocalvolia sp. nov. Observations
Notodiscus hookeri Snail Observations
Notolepis coatsi Dollo, 1908 Antarctic jonasfish Observations
Notothenia coriiceps Richardson, 1844 Black Rockcod Observations
Notothenia rossii Richardson, 1844 Marbled Rockcod * Observations
Nototheniidae sp. Notothenidae spp. Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Ostracoda sp. Observations
Pachyptila belcheri (Mathews,1912) Slender-billed Prion Observations
Pachyptila crassirostris eatoni Fulmar Prion (southern) Observations
Pachyptila desolata (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Prion Observations
Pachyptila salvini (Mathews,1912) Salvin's Prion Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pachyptila turtur (Kuhl,1820) Fairy Prion Observations
Paradiplospinus gracilis Brauer Snake mackerel Observations
Paraliparis sp. Observations
Parasitiphis jeanneli Andr¿ Observations
Parasitiphis sp. Observations
Pegantha martagon Haeckel 1879 Observations
Pegantha triloba Haeckel 1879 Observations
Pelagobia longicirrata Greeff 1879 Observations
Pelecanoides spp. Diving Petrel sp. Observations
Pelecanoides urinatrix (Gmelin,1789) Common Diving-Petrel Observations
Phalacrocorax atriceps King, 1828 Imperial Shag Observations
Phoebetria fusca Hilsenberg,1822 Sooty Albatross * Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Phoebetria spp. Sooty Albatross sp. Observations
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus,1758 Sperm Whale * Observations
Pleuromamma robusta (F.Dahl, 1893) Observations
Podacarus auberti Granjean Observations
Primno macropa Guerin-Meneville, 1836 Observations
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel * Observations
Procellaria cinerea Gmelin,1789 Grey Petrel * Observations
Protomyctophum bolini (Fraser-Brunner, 1949) Lanternfish Observations
Protomyctophum tenisoni (Norman, 1930) Lanternfish Observations
Pseudaugaptilus longiremis Sars G.O., 1907 Observations
Pterodroma baraui (Jouanin,1964) Barau's Petrel Observations
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot,1826) White-headed Petrel Observations
Pterodroma mollis (Gould,1844) Soft-plumaged Petrel * Observations
Pterodroma white-headed sp White-headed / Soft-plumaged Petrel Observations
Puffinus griseus (Gmelin,1789) Sooty Shearwater Observations
Puffinus spp. shearwater sp. Observations
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck,1835) Short-tailed Shearwater Observations
Pygoscelis antarctica (Forster,1781) Chinstrap Penguin Observations
Pygoscelis papua (Forster,1781) Gentoo Penguin * Observations
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Rhombognathus apsteini Lohmann Observations
Rhombognathus auster Bartsch Observations
Rosacea sp. Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Sagitta marri David 1956 Observations
Sagitta maxima (Conant 1896) Observations
Salpa thompsoni Foxton 1961 Observations
Salpidae sp. Salp Observations
Solmundella bitentaculata (Quoy and Gaimard 1833) Observations
Spongiobranchaea australis d'Orbigny, 1836 Observations
Stevacarus claggi Hunter Observations
Stomias gracilis Garman Observations
Thalassarche chrysostoma Forster,1785 Grey-headed Albatross * 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
Tomopteris cavallii Rosa 1907 Observations
Tomopteris septentrionalis Steenstrup 1849 Observations
Tydeus sp. Observations
Uristes sp. Observations
Vibilia antarctica Stebbing, 1888 Observations
Wertella tera Bartsch Observations
Zanclonia weldoni (Browne, 1910) Observations
Zanclorhynchus spinifer Gunther Horsefish Observations

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