Polar gigantism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Scientific concept Polar gigantism is the tendency of Arctic and Antarctic fauna to have unusually large body sizes.[1] Deep-sea gigantism Dwarfing Island gigantism Insular dwarfism Largest organisms Megafauna References ↑ Shishido, Caitlin M.; Woods, H. Arthur; Lane, Steven J.; Toh, Ming Wei A.; Tobalske, Bret W.; Moran, Amy L. (2019-04-10). "Polar gigantism and the oxygen–temperature hypothesis: a test of upper thermal limits to body size in Antarctic pycnogonids". Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286 (1900) 20190124. doi:10.1098/rspb.2019.0124. PMC 6501676. PMID 30966982. Related Articles