Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Acantharia (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)
Foraminifera (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Satellite observation (GEOS-12) of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005 in the Gulf of Mexico - Source : NASA-NOAA
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)