Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planetCousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Velella - Planktonic VesselsColonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
The research vessel "James COOK"
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
