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Antarctic & subantarctic animals

The grey notothen (Lepidonotothen kempi) is the most common demersal fish species on the seamounts. Snow petrel flying Sledge dog Krill
Casey fly
fish  flying birds huskies krill terrestrial
invertebrates

 

Electron microscope image of snow algae  Emperor penguin sighted near Davis Station String of colonial salps seen in their natural habitat. Collage of many asteroid echinoderms (starfish).
micro
organisms 		penguins salps  seabed
communities		  

 

Elephant Seal A sponge shelters a fish's eggs. This cranchid squid larva is only 10 mm long but adults can grow up to 2 m. Their bodies remain translucent. Whale fluke
seals
& sea lions 		 sponges   squid whales

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