What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Antarctisch krill been recorded?

Euphausia superba occurrence evidence comes from 223 records in 7 countries and territories, from 1910 to 2024. Most records come from Antarctica.

Antarctisch krill
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MalacostracaEuphausiaceaEuphausiidaeEuphausia

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

223 records across 7 countries and territories, 1910–2024.

Euphausia superba · GBIF taxon key 2228010

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-08-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: January.

4 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: January. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

19102024

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Antarctisch krill has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Antarctisch krill. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 76
Russia 64
South Georgia 25
Norway 21
Ukraine 19
Australia 5
United Kingdom 2

Related animals

Others in the family Euphausiidae.

Euphausia frigida
63 records
Antarctic coastal krill
21 records
Thysanoessa macrura
19 records
Euphausia triacantha
2 records
Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.