Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
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.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Colony of salps Salpa fusiformis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium carriense var volans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Tunicata Pyrosoma (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
The research vessel "Marion Dufresne"
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Les Diatomées - Bacillaria
Colonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.
Ptéropodes - Mollusques qui nagent
Les papillons des mers construisent de fragiles coquilles. Résisteront-elles à l’acidification des océans?
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
