Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. During the austral summer, the amount of chlorophyll a is so low that the water becomes deep blue, almost purple. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
