Antarctic Taxa

Fauna Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 66° 00' 00.0" S Longitude 142° 39' 57.6" 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
Calanus propinquus Brady,1883 Observations
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Ctenocalanus citer Heron and Bowmen, 1971 Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Fritillaria sp. Observations
Lobodon carcinophaga (Hombron and Jacquinot,1842) Crabeater Seal * Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Metridia sp. Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus,1758 Sperm Whale * Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Spongiobranchaea australis d'Orbigny, 1836 Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations

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