Antarctica

Statistics

Occurrence records 1,168,724
Species level 1,074,950
Species 6,004
Taxa 9,306
Datasets 378
Time range 1831 - 2025

Data quality

Dropped records

Dropped records 0
Not marine 3,233
No WoRMS match 11,728
No coordinates 0
Zero coordinates 0

Taxonomic issues

Marine unsure 7,284
No accepted name available 5,789

Missing and invalid fields

Field Missing Invalid
coordinateUncertaintyInMeters 1,056,916 8,148
eventDate 115,139 0
maximumDepthInMeters 888,456 350
minimumDepthInMeters 890,979 162
occurrenceStatus 912,679 0
scientificName 3,621 0
scientificNameID 65,216 3,348

Spatial issues

Records on land 76,981
More than 20 km from shore 1,325
Depth exceeds bathymetric depth 19,715

Top datasets

Distribution

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Records

Composition

detailed (class) simple

Top taxa

Unique species IUCN Red List All taxa
Scientific name Records
Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
278,024
Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
236,893
Pygoscelis adeliae (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1841)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
122,467
Lobodon carcinophagus (Hombron & Jacquinot, 1842)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
73,386
Aptenodytes forsteri Gray, 1844 NT
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
39,890
Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
36,087
Euphausia superba Dana, 1850
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
29,187
Pleuragramma antarcticum Boulenger, 1902
Phylum Chordata > Class Teleostei
21,241
Pagodroma nivea (Forster, 1777)
Phylum Chordata > Class Aves
17,407
Arctocephalus gazella (Peters, 1875)
Phylum Chordata > Class Mammalia
9,259

Newest species

Scientific name Records Since
Acutiserolis gerlachei (Monod, 1925)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
2 2023
Diastylopsis annulata (Zimmer, 1902)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2023
Eudorella similis Calman, 1907
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
1 2023
Campylaspis frigida Hansen, 1908
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
4 2023
Sandalomenia carinata Thiele, 1913
Phylum Mollusca > Class Solenogastres
1 2023
Sandalomenia papilligera Thiele, 1913
Phylum Mollusca > Class Solenogastres
1 2023
Prosipho bisculptus Thiele, 1912
Phylum Mollusca > Class Gastropoda
1 2023
Neocalanus gracilis (Dana, 1849-1852)
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Copepoda
44 2020
Diphyes dispar Chamisso & Eysenhardt, 1821
Phylum Cnidaria > Class Hydrozoa
14 2020
Atlantocuma (Antarctocuma) elongatum Ledoyer, 1993
Phylum Arthropoda > Class Malacostraca
12 2020