Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
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.
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Remote-controlled sailboat