aequorivita antarctica aequorivita antarctica aequorivita antarctica is a bacterium from the genus of aequorivita which occurs in coastal antarctic sea-ice and antarctic seawater. aequorivita antarctica scientific classification domain: bacteria phylum: bacteroidota class: flavobacteriia order: flavobacteriales family: flavobacteriaceae genus: aequorivita species: a. antarctica binomial name aequorivita antarcticabowman and nichols 2002 type strain acam 640, bowman sw49, cip 107457, dsm 14231, lmg 21431, sw49t