Antarctic Taxa

Fauna Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 63° 30' 00.0" S Longitude 60° 30' 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
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Laciphde,1804 Minke Whale * 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
Bathylagus antarcticus Gunther Deepsea smelt Observations
Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht,1902) Observations
Calanus propinquus Brady,1883 Observations
Clausocalanus brevipes Frost and Fleminger, 1968 Observations
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus,1767 Observations
Clione antarctica Observations
Clione limacina (Phipps, 1774) Observations
Ctenocalanus citer Heron and Bowmen, 1971 Observations
Cyllopus lucasii Bate,1862 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Diomedea exulans Linnaeus,1758 Wandering Albatross * Observations
Electrona antarctica (Günther, 1878) Lantern fish Observations
Euchaetomera zurstrasseni (Illig, 1906) Observations
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Observations
Euphausia frigida Hansen, 1911 Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Euphausia triacantha Holt and Tattersall, 1906 Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Globoppia maior Hammer, 1962 Observations
Halobaena caerulea (Gmelin,1789) Blue Petrel * Observations
Haloptilus ocellatus Wolfenden, 1905 Observations
Heterorhabdus austrinus Giesbrecht,1902 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
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,1781) Humpback Whale * Observations
Metridia lucens Boeck, 1864 Observations
Microcalanus pygmaeus (G. O. Sars, 1900) Observations
Nematocarcinus longirostris Bate 1888 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
Oncaea curvata Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale * Observations
Pachyptila salvini (Mathews,1912) Salvin's Prion Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Paraeuchaeta antarctica (Giesbrecht, 1902) 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
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Racovitzanus antarcticus Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Rhynchonereella bongraini (Gravier 1911) Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Scolecithricella minor (Brady,1883) Observations
Spongiobranchaea australis d'Orbigny, 1836 Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations
Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh 1885) Observations
Zachvatkinia hydrobatidii Dubinin 1949 Mite Observations

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