Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Les Diatomées - Bacillaria
Colonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.