Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
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.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Copepode Coryceide (Photo : Fabien Lombard)