🐾 What Animal Lives Where

Where does the Thysanoessa macrura live?

Thysanoessa macrura has 29,318 records in 12 countries and territories, from 1898 to 2025. Most records come from Antarctica.

AnimaliaArthropodaMalacostracaEuphausiaceaEuphausiidaeThysanoessa

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.

Where it is recorded

PlaceRecordsShare
Antarctica 8,380
Australia 410
New Zealand 162
South Georgia 47
Heard & McDonald Islands 35
Bouvet Island 11
Chile 4
Argentina 3
ZZ 3
Falkland Islands 2
French Southern Territories 2
Russia 1

Related animals

Others in the family Euphausiidae.

Antarctisch krill
Antarctisch krill
106,125 records
Euphausia frigida
5,702 records
Antarctic coastal krill
3,642 records
Euphausia triacantha
3,620 records
Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. 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.