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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.
Antarctica consists of lichens, different mosses, liverworts, land and aquatic algal species, and two flowering plants. Invertebrate life includes microscopic mites, lice, krill and springtails. Antarctica consists of lichens, different mosses, liverworts, land and aquatic algal species, and two flowering plants.