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The only plant life on Antarctica is around the coastal areas. There are microscopic single cell plants called phytoplankton that live and multiply in water, and mosses, lichens and algae that can live under the snow and ice.
Penguins, seals, petrels, skuas and albatross constitute the main animal life on Antarctica.
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The sea around the continent is rich in wildlife.
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∙ 14y agoFound this on a different website (sorry didn't write it down)
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Several seal species breed exclusively in Antarctica including the Leopard Seal (Seal Conservation Society),
the Crabeater Seal (Wikipedia) and the Ross Seal (Seal Conservation Society). Remarkably, the Emperor Penguin (Wikipedia) breeds during the antarctic winter. Two other birds also breed solely in Antarctica, the South Polar Skua (AAD) and the Antarctic Petrel (BirdInfo).
The antarctic dragonfish genera Cygnodraco (eol) and Prionodraco (eol), the recently described eelpout genus Gosztonyia (Wildlife Extra), and the barbled plunderfish genera Histiodraco (eol) and Dolloidraco (FishBase) are unique to antarctic waters. Among other fish endemic to these frigid waters are the Naked Dragonfish Gymnodraco acuticeps(Underwater Field Guide to Ross Is.), the Sharp-spined Notothen Trematomus pennellii (eol), Charcot's Pseudo-icefish Parachaenichthys charcoti (eol), and a crocodile icefish Pagetopsis macropterus (eol).
Land invertebrates include a number of endemic springtails (Bishop Museum pdf file) including one, Anurophorus subpolaris, known as far south as 84° 47' S (Te Papa). Antarctica has a number of unique freshwater diatom species (Antarctic Freshwater Diatoms).
Families of marine invertebrates known only from Antarctica include coldwater corals of the family Ainigmaptilidae (Smithsonian pdf file) and the Glacial Squid (Tree of Life). Other endemic marine invertebrates include a gastropod Pleurotomella endeavourensis (Te Papa), a nudibranch Notaeolidia schmekelae (Underwater Field Guide to Ross Is.), a sponge Acanthopolymastia acanthoxa (p. 5 of Zootaxa pdf file), an isopod crustacean Eurycope crassiramis (Zootaxa pdf file), and an amphipod crustacean Eusirus giganteus (SCAR-MarBIN). Recently over 700 new species of marine invertebrates have been discovered off Antarctica (BBC).
A moss species Grimmia lawiana (Handbook of Antarctic Mosses) is known only from Antarctica , but there are no endemic vascular plant species.
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∙ 13y agoThe most numerous plants in Antarctica are lichens, which live on rocks mainly in the areas which are ice-free part of the year. There are also mosses, liverworts, and two types of flowering plant, the Pearlwort and the Hair Grass.
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∙ 11y agoNo animals live in Antarctica: it's too cold. Several types of animals do come to the Antarctic beaches to breed, and the list includes skua, penguin and seal, of several varieties of each on the list.
There are a few mosses and grasses that can grow in the warmer parts of the Antarctic peninsula.
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∙ 8y agoyes there are
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∙ 14y agoalgae & fungi
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Does most photosynthesis happen in land plants or in water plants in the ocean?
land and water ahahahahahah
Which protists are in the same eukaryotic supergroup as land plants?
Green and red algae are in the same eukaryotic supergroup as land plants.
What plants and algae can be found in the polar ice regions?
In the Arctic there are many different plants like flowers, shrubs, bushes, and grass. But in Antarctica you will only find two plants they mainly live on the coast: 1) Deschampsia Antarctica 2) Colobanthus Quitensis
What happened after plants first became able to live land?
Adaptive radiation spread them into many land niches
Living on land required that plants?
grow roots.
Which region of Antarctica has more wildlife the ocean or the land?
The ocean. The land is too dry.
What wildlife is there in Antarctica and where?
In antarctica the wildlife clings to the fringes of the continent on teh whole. The wildlife ranges from many species of penguin to many cetaceans living in the rich waters off the coast of the land
Does wildlife live on Antarctica?
No animals live on Antarctica: it's too cold and there is no food chain there.
What wildlife are there on Antarctica?
No land animals exist on Antarctica: it's too cold and there is no food chain. Sea mammals and sea birds do visit Antarctica's beaches to breed, because there are no land predators there.
Why is Protecting plants and animals a issue in Antarctica?
Most research station in antarctica are built on flat, ice-free areas near the coast which can be important naturl habitats of plants and wildlife
Do seals use plants in Antarctica?
There are no plants in Antarctica. Seals are marine animals and use sea life not land life, to survive.
Which state is home to the Antarctic national wildlife refuge?
There is no wildlife refuge on Antarctica: all land and ice south of 60 degrees is protected by the Antarctic Treaty (1961). As well, there are no states on Antarctica, because there are no nation states on the continent.
Why do most antarctica's wildlife live near the coast?
Wildlife in Antarctica breed on the coastal areas of the continent: otherwise, there is no animal life in Antarctica.
Wildlife in Antarctica?
pengiuns
Why is wildlife an issue to Antarctica?
Wildlife is not an issue in Antarctica: there is no wildlife that lives on the continent. It's too cold and there is no food chain. What wildlife there is on the continent is wildlife that comes to its beaches to breed. Sea birds, such as penguins, fit in this category.
What Antarctic wildlife do not migrate?
There are no animals that live on Antarctica. Any animal -- sea mammal or sea bird -- you find on the continent has migrated to Antarctica's beaches to breed, because there are no land predators there.
What is Antarctica's wildlife?
penguins and lichens
