Antarctic Taxa

Fauna Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 66° 39' 47.0" S Longitude 140° 00' 33.0" 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
Artedidraconidae sp. Observations
Balaenoptera bonaerensis Burmeister, 1867 Antarctic Minke Whale, Dark-shoulder Minke 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
Chaenodraco wilsoni Regan, 1914 Spiny Icefish * Observations
Chionodraco hamatus (Lönnberg, 1905) Observations
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus,1767 Observations
Clione antarctica Observations
Ctenocalanus citer Heron and Bowmen, 1971 Observations
Cygnodraco mawsoni Waite, 1916 Mawson?s dragonfish Observations
Cyllopus lucasii Bate,1862 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Observations
Euphausia crystallorophias Holt and Tattersall, 1906 Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Fritillaria sp. Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Haloptilus oxycephalus (Giesbrecht,1889) Observations
Hyperiella dilatata Stebbing,1888 Observations
Limacina sp. Observations
Macronectes giganteus Gmelin,1789 Southern Giant Petrel * Observations
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Oithona similis Claus, 1866 Observations
Oncaea sp. 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
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Pleuragramma antarctica Boulenger, 1902 Antarctic Silverfish * Observations
Pleurogramma antarcticum Boulenger, 1902 Observations
Primno macropa Guerin-Meneville, 1836 Observations
Pterodroma inexpectata (Forster,1844) Mottled Petrel Observations
Pterodroma lessonii (Garnot,1826) White-headed Petrel Observations
Puffinus tenuirostris (Temminck,1835) Short-tailed Shearwater Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Salpa thompsoni Foxton 1961 Observations
Siphonophore nectophore Observations
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern * Observations
Thalassarche melanophrys Temminck, 1828 Black-browed Albatross * Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Themisto gaudichaudi Guerin,1825 Observations
Themisto gaudichaudii Guérin, 1825 Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations
Trematomus loennbergii Regan, 1913 Scaly rockcod Observations
Vibilia antarctica Stebbing, 1888 Observations

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