Animals

Antarctic & subantarctic animals

The grey notothen (Lepidonotothen kempi) is the most common demersal fish species on the seamounts.
fish		 Snow petrel flying
flying birds		 Sledge dog
huskies		 Krill
krill		 Casey fly
terrestrial
invertebrates
Electron microscope image of snow algae
micro
organisms		 Emperor penguin sighted near Davis Station
penguins		 String of colonial salps seen in their natural habitat.
salps 		 Collage of many asteroid echinoderms (starfish).
seabed
communities
Elephant Seal
seals
& sea lions 		 A sponge shelters a fish's eggs.
sponges		 This cranchid squid larva is only 10 mm long but adults can grow up to 2 m. Their bodies remain translucent.
squid		 Whale fluke
whales

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This page was last modified on June 30, 2011.