Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Larva of decapod crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Salpes - La vie enchaînée
Bien que d’apparence primitive, les salpes sont de proches ancêtres des poissons. Lorsque les algues abondent, les salpes prolifèrent en de longues chaînes d’individus clonés.
Foraminifera Orbulina universa and mollusk larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
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.
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)