Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium teresgyr (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)