Antarctic Taxa

Fauna Species within 1.0 degrees of the position

(Latitude 67° 31' 04.1" S Longitude 61° 12' 26.3" 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
Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus,1758) Blue Whale * Observations
Beroe sp. Observations
Calanoides acutus (Giesbrecht,1902) Observations
Calanus propinquus Brady,1883 Observations
Catharacta maccormicki (Saunders,1893) South Polar Skua Observations
Clio pyramidata Linnaeus,1767 Observations
Clione antarctica Observations
Cyllopus lucasii Bate,1862 Observations
Daption capense (Linnaeus,1758) Cape Petrel Observations
Euchaeta antarctica Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875) Observations
Euphausia crystallorophias Holt and Tattersall, 1906 Observations
Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 krill Observations
Fulmarus glacialoides (Smith,1840) Southern Fulmar Observations
Halecium antarcticum Vanhoffen, 1910 Observations
Halecium banzare sp. nov. Observations
Halecium delicatulum Coughtrey, 1876 Observations
Halecium macrocaulus sp. nov. Observations
Halecium tubatum sp. nov. Observations
Hydrodendron arboreum (Allman, 1888) Observations
Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville,1820) Leopard Seal * Observations
Hyperia macrocephala (Dana, 1853) Observations
Hyperiella dilatata Stebbing,1888 Observations
Hyperoche sp. Observations
Ihlea racovitzai (Van Beneden & Selys Longchamp, 1913) Observations
Limacina helicina (Dadon, 1989) 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
Macronectes spp. Giant-petrel sp. Observations
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski,1781) Humpback Whale * Observations
Metridia gerlachei Giesbrecht, 1902 Observations
Nanorchestes bellus Strandtmann & Somme, 1977 Observations
Oceanites oceanicus (Kuhl,1820) Wilson's Storm Petrel Observations
Orcinus orca Linnaeus,1758 Killer Whale * Observations
Pachyptila spp. Prion sp. Observations
Pagodroma nivea (Forster,1777) Snow Petrel Observations
Phoebetria palpebrata Forster,1785 Light-mantled Sooty Albatross * Observations
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus,1758 Sperm Whale * Observations
Procellaria aequinoctialis Linnaeus,1758 White-chinned Petrel * Observations
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron and Jacquinot,1841) Adelie Penguin Observations
Rhincalanus gigas Brady, 1883 Observations
Rhynchonereella petersii (Langerhans 1880) Observations
Sagitta gazellae Ritter-Zahony 1909 Observations
Salpa thompsoni Foxton 1961 Observations
Sterna paradisaea Pontoppidan,1763 Arctic Tern * Observations
Thalassoica antarctica (Gmelin,1789) Antarctic Petrel Observations
Thysanoessa macrura G.O Sars, 1883 Observations
Tomopteris carpenteri Quatrefages 1865 Observations
Tomopteris cavallii Rosa 1907 Observations
Tomopteris septentrionalis Steenstrup 1849 Observations
Vanadis antarctica (McIntosh 1885) Observations

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