Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum

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Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.

Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Average chlorophyll concentration in the surface ocean (from mi-September 1997 to August 2007) from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS (NASA). Subtropical gyres, in the center of the oceanic basins, are characterized by very low concentrations of chlorophyll a (dark blue) - Source : NASA's Earth Observatory (http:/earthobservatory.nasa.gov)

Ctenaria Beroe ovata (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)

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The Glider

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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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 tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Prélèvements d'eau des mésocosmes pour analyses, lors de l'expérience menée en Corse en juin/juillet 2012 (© A. Ree, PML)

Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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The profiling float

Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)

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Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)