A year from the Antarctic

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Phytoplankton bloom observed by the ocean color sensor MODIS onboard NASA satellite Terra in May 2010. The bloom spreads broadly in the North Atlantic from Iceland to the Bay of Biscay - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Carte bathymétrique mondiale

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic

Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni

Dinoflagellate Ceratium furca (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Jellyfish Pelagia noctilica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)