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The following is a list of native wild mammal species recorded in Antarctica. There are 23 mammal species in Antarctica, all of which are marine. Three are considered endangered, one is vulnerable, eight are listed as data deficient, and one has not yet been evaluated. [1] Domesticated species, such as the dogs formerly present, [2] are not ...
Several species of marine worms are found in the Southern Ocean, including Parborlasia corrugatus and Eulagisca gigantea, which at lengths up to 2 m (6.6 ft) and 20 cm (8 in) respectively are examples of Polar gigantism. [56] [57] Like several other marine species of the region, Antarctic sponges are long-lived.
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Euphausia crystallorophias is a species of krill, sometimes called ice krill, [1] crystal krill, [2] or Antarctic coastal krill. [2] It lives in the coastal waters around Antarctica , further south than any other species of krill. [ 2 ]
Most species in Antarctica seem to be the descendants of species that lived there millions of years ago. As such, they must have survived multiple glacial cycles. The species survived the periods of extremely cold climate in isolated warmer areas, such as those with geothermal heat or areas that remained ice-free throughout the colder climate ...
All lobodontine seals have circumpolar distributions surrounding Antarctica. They include both the world's most abundant seal (the crabeater seal) and the only predominantly mammal-eating seal (the leopard seal). While the Weddell seal prefers the shore-fast ice, the other species live primarily on and around the off-shore pack ice. Thus ...
The Register of Antarctic Marine Species has 9,350 verified species (16,500 taxa) in 17 phyla, from microbes to whales. For 1500 species the DNA barcode is available. The information from CAML is a robust baseline against which future change may be measured. [3]
Antarctica is a 1991 IMAX film [1] documenting the continent of Antarctica. The film has a 38-minute runtime, and consists of aerial footage of the topography and fauna of the continent. [ 2 ] It was narrated by Alex Scott [ 3 ] and has music by Australian composer Nigel Westlake , who later adapted his score into a popular concert suite of the ...