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Antarctica is considered a desert, with annual precipitation of only 200 mm (8 inches) along the coast and far less inland. Only cold-adapted organisms survive there, including many types of algae, animals (for example mites, nematodes, penguins, seals and tardigrades), bacteria, fungi, plants, and protista.
About 25% of deep sea fish species in Antarctica are natives found no-where else compared to about 85% of coastal species, in particular the pelagic fish fauna (those that live their lives swimming in the water column rather than in association with the sea bottom, rocks etc.) are very species poor in Antarctica.