Diatom genus Chaetoceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
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)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Elephant seal equipped with a sensor
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (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.
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Crab larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium arietinum var arietinum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
