Puzzle Ocean Seasons : Bloom

Tuniciers : Oikopleura dioica appendiculaire (crédit photo : Fabien Lombard)

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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

Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Teaching sheets

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Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

Ctenaria Lampetia pancerina (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"

Annelid worm (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)

Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.

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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 reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)