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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.
Photo by: H. Kaiser/NSF. Other sea creatures include animals as big as whales and as small as krill. Antarctic krill, though only six cm in size, are crucial in the Antarctic food chain. They clean up the sea by feeding in groups of thousands on phytoplankton, algae, and diatoms.