🇹🇫Animals recorded in the French Southern Territories

Which animals have been recorded in the French Southern Territories? 20,663 occurrence records cover 632 species. The most-recorded are listed below, with what the record pattern says about each one. 221 is the most-recorded animal class; the leading species records include southern elephant seal, Ctenocidaris nutrix, Abatus cordatus.

• 20,663 records
• 632 species
• 44 classes

Country evidence passport

The most-recorded species in this dataset include southern elephant seal, Ctenocidaris nutrix, Abatus cordatus. Use the country list as evidence of recorded wildlife, then open a species to compare its records across other countries and months. It is not a complete habitat or population census.

Most-recorded animals in the French Southern Territories

	Animal	Group	Records
	southern elephant seal Mirounga leonina	Mammalia Phocidae	1,133
	Ctenocidaris nutrix	Echinoidea Ctenocidaridae	533
	Abatus cordatus	Echinoidea Schizasteridae	397
	Sterechinus diadema	Echinoidea Echinidae	385
	Antarctic spiny plunderfish Harpagifer antarcticus	— Harpagiferidae	332
	humped rockcod Gobionotothen gibberifrons	— Nototheniidae	275
	Brisaster antarcticus	Echinoidea Schizasteridae	193
	Black rockcod Notothenia coriiceps	— Nototheniidae	131
	Antarctic Feather Star Promachocrinus kerguelensis	Crinoidea Antedonidae	111
	Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans	Aves Diomedeidae	108
	Marbled notothen Notothenia rossii	— Nototheniidae	102
	Cactus Urchin Dermechinus horridus	Echinoidea Echinidae	83
	Oithona similis	Copepoda Oithonidae	75
	Southern Giant-Petrel Macronectes giganteus	Aves Procellariidae	74
	Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua	Aves Spheniscidae	68
	King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus	Aves Spheniscidae	65
	Naked Osman Gymnodiptychus dybowskii	— Cyprinidae	62
	Sea trout Salmo trutta	— Salmonidae	52
	Sooty Albatross Phoebetria fusca	Aves Diomedeidae	36
	Aulacomya atra	Bivalvia Mytilidae	31
	Three-spot Dascyllus Dascyllus trimaculatus	— Pomacentridae	28
	Magellanic rockcod Paranotothenia magellanica	— Nototheniidae	27
	South american fur seal Arctocephalus forsteri	Mammalia Otariidae	27
	Teleophrys pococki	Malacostraca Mithracidae	23
	Southern Rockhopper Penguin Eudyptes chrysocome	Aves Spheniscidae	21
	Pseudechinus marionis	Echinoidea Temnopleuridae	21
	Whitetail Damselfish Dascyllus aruanus	— Pomacentridae	20
	Common Goby Pomatoschistus microps	— Gobiidae	18
	boreal horny sponge Stylocordyla borealis	Demospongiae Stylocordylidae	17
	Knotted Thread Hydroid Obelia geniculata	Hydrozoa Campanulariidae	17
	Hypogastrura viatica	Collembola Hypogastruridae	17
	Crozetia seguyi	Insecta Simuliidae	16
	bread-crumb sponge Halichondria panicea	Demospongiae Halichondriidae	16
	Ctenocalanus citer	Copepoda Clausocalanidae	14
	Azure Vase Sponge Callyspongia plicifera	Demospongiae Callyspongiidae	14
	Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis	Aves Anatidae	14
	Harmothoe magellanica	Polychaeta Polynoidae	13
	Snoek Thyrsites atun	— Gempylidae	13
	Cystechinus wyvillii	Echinoidea Urechinidae	13
	scalloped spiny lobster Panulirus homarus	Malacostraca Palinuridae	12
	Anasterias suteri	Asteroidea Asteriidae	12
	Nares's sea urchin Urechinus naresianus	Echinoidea Urechinidae	12
	Hermadion magalhaensi	Polychaeta Polynoidae	12
	King Fish Seriola lalandi	— Carangidae	12
	sicklefoot frog crab Ranilia constricta	Malacostraca Raninidae	11
	Aglaophenia lophocarpa	Hydrozoa Aglaopheniidae	11
	Euphausia vallentini	Malacostraca Euphausiidae	10
	Cinderella Sea Star Anasterias antarctica	Asteroidea Asteriidae	10
	Nacella macquariensis	Gastropoda Nacellidae	10
	Lesser Sponge Crab Moreiradromia antillensis	Malacostraca Dromiidae	10
	African barrelfish Schedophilus velaini	— Centrolophidae	9
	great white shark Carcharodon carcharias	Elasmobranchii Lamnidae	9
	Aegla platensis	Malacostraca Aeglidae	9
	ocean sunfish Mola mola	— Molidae	9
	Pseudoconchoecia serrulata	Ostracoda Halocyprididae	8
	crumb-of-bread sponge Hymeniacidon perlevis	Demospongiae Halichondriidae	8
	Giant squid Architeuthis dux	Cephalopoda Architeuthidae	8
	Laetmonice producta	Polychaeta Aphroditidae	8
	Lindbergichthys nudifrons	— Nototheniidae	8
	Aglaophamus trissophyllus	Polychaeta Nephtyidae	8