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It's a midge that is native to Antarctica - the only flying insect that is.
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What are the names of the animals that live in Antarctica?
Many animals breed on the land, but none live on the continent.There are many fish and other animals living under the sea ice, including several whale species and seals of various species. .The Southern ocean biota is much more dense and diverse than the land biota, due to the quantity of nutrients made available by glacial scouring and erosion.More Information:Other Crustaceans: and other invertebrates: shrimps, crabs, urchins, krill, corals, snails, etc.Arachnids: mites: (Order: Sarcoptiformes, Family: Ameronothridae), Species: Alaskozetes antarcticus;Species: Halozetes belgicae;Avians:Albatrosses: (Order: Procellariiformes, Family: Diomedeidae), 5 species;Cormorants: (Order: Pelecaniformes, Family: Phalacrocoracidae), 3 species;Ducks: (Order: Anseriformes, Family: Anatidae) Yellow-billed Pin-tail (Anas georgica), 1 species;Gulls: (Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Laridae) Kelp Gull (Larus domincanus), 1 species;Penguins: (Order: Sphenisciformes, Family: Spheniscidae), 7 species, one, the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri ), is endemic to Antarctica;Petrels & Shearwaters (Order: Procellariiformes, Family: procellariidae), 18 species;Storm Petrels: (Order: Procellariiformes, Family: Hydrobatidae), 3 species;Diving Petrels: (Order: Procellariiformes, Family: (Pelecanoidiadae), 2 species;Squas: (Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Stercorariidae), 2 species;Snowy Sheathbill: (Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Chionididae) (Chionis alba), 1 species;Terns: (Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Sternidae), 2 speciesCephalopods:Octopi;Squid;Crustaceans:KrillInsects:Midge: Parochlus steineni, only winged insect native to the Antarctic;Springtails: (Megaphorura arctica)
What tipe of animal can you find in antarctica?
Crustaceans - krill (euphausiids), copepods, amphipods, isopods, crabs, shrimp, sea spiders, and many others Other marine invertebrates - squid, cuttle-fish, octopus, marine snails, limpets, sponges, sea stars, sea squirts, nudibranchs, sea anemones, comb jellies, corals, hydroids, sea urchins, Antarctic krill, zooplankton, and many others Insects and Arachnids - Springtails, mites, the midge Parochlus steineni (the only winged insect native to the Antarctic), and others Fish - Antarctic cod, ice fish, crocodile fish, dragon fish, robber fish, rat-tailed fish, skates, eel-pouts, sea snails, and others Mammals - Fur seals (including the Elephant seal, Leopard seal, Weddell seal, Crabeater seal, Ross seal, and Fur seal), Whales (including the Blue whale, Fin whale, Sei whale, Southern right whale, Humpback whale, Minke whale, Sperm whale, Killer whale or Orca, Southern bottlenose whale, Blackfish, Dusky dolphin, Cruciger dolphin, and Spectacled porpoise) Birds - many penguins (including Emperor, King, Macaroni, Rockhopper, Chinstrap, Adélie, and Gentoo), many albatrosses (including the Lightly-maned sooty, Wandering, Gray-headed and Black-browed), many petrels (including the Blue, Kerguelen, Gray, Great-winged, White-headed, White-chinned, Snow, Southern giant, Wilson's storm, Black-bellied storm, Gray-backed storm, and pintado), many prions (including the dove, fulmar, and thin-billed), Antarctic fulmar, Antarctic cormorant Kerguelen cormorant, Dominican gull, Brown skua, McCormick's skua, Arctic tern, Kerguelen tern, Wattled sheathbill, Lesser sheathbill, South Georgia pintail, Kerguelen pintail, and South Georgia pipit (the only Antarctic songbird).
