Oceans

Southern Ocean

Icebergs, freezing waters and polar gigantism around Antarctica.

66 species

Sperm whalePhyseter macrocephalus OrcaOrcinus orca LanternfishFamily Myctophidae Giant siphonophorePraya dubia Comb jellyBeroe sp. Helmet jellyfishPeriphylla periphylla Atolla jellyfishAtolla wyvillei Dumbo octopusGrimpoteuthis sp. Colossal squidMesonychoteuthis hamiltoni GrenadierFamily Macrouridae Swimming sea cucumberEnypniastes eximia Giant sea spiderColossendeis colossea Southern elephant sealMirounga leonina Emperor penguinAptenodytes forsteri Glass squidFamily Cranchiidae SalpFamily Salpidae Arrow wormPhylum Chaetognatha Giant ostracodGigantocypris sp. TomopterisTomopteris sp. BristlemouthCyclothone sp. IcefishFamily Channichthyidae Giant phantom jellyStygiomedusa gigantea Deepstaria jellyfishDeepstaria enigmatica Firework jellyfishHalitrephes maasi Patagonian toothfishDissostichus eleginoides SnailfishFamily Liparidae Sea pigScotoplanes globosa Gummy squirrelPsychropotes longicauda Brittle starClass Ophiuroidea Brisingid sea starOrder Brisingida XenophyophoreClass Xenophyophorea Abyssal sea penUmbellula sp. Sea lilyStalked crinoids Deep-sea skateBathyraja sp. Blind lobsterFamily Polychelidae Black coralOrder Antipatharia Scavenging amphipodEurythenes gryllus Antarctic krillEuphausia superba Antarctic toothfishDissostichus mawsoni Weddell sealLeptonychotes weddellii Glacial squidPsychroteuthis glacialis Antarctic silverfishPleuragramma antarctica Giant Antarctic isopodGlyptonotus antarcticus Volcano spongeAnoxycalyx joubini Southern Ocean yeti crabKiwa tyleri Giant Antarctic octopusMegaleledone setebos Giant Antarctic ribbon wormParborlasia corrugatus Giant scale wormEulagisca gigantea Giant abyssal anemoneRelicanthus daphneae Arctic seep threadwormSclerolinum contortum Ten-legged sea spiderDecolopoda australis Antarctic sea starOdontaster validus Giant Antarctic sea starMacroptychaster accrescens Antarctic sea urchinSterechinus neumayeri Abyssal Antarctic dragonfishBathydraco scotiae Emerald rockcodTrematomus bernacchii Giant warty squidMoroteuthopsis longimana (formerly Kondakovia longimana) Turquet’s octopusPareledone turqueti Antarctic feather starPromachocrinus kerguelensis and related species Leopard sealHydrurga leptonyx Arnoux’s beaked whaleBerardius arnuxii Ice anemoneEdwardsiella andrillae Antarctic slope shrimpNematocarcinus lanceopes Antarctic deep-sea smeltBathylagus antarcticus Bubblegum coralParagorgia arborea Bone-eating zombie wormOsedax rubiplumus