Quizz observation of the oceans and seas

Dinoflagellate Ceratium praelongum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Radiolarians (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)

Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant la structure de flottaison en surface (© Stareso)

Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK

Le trajet du bateau sur fond couleur de la mer.

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)

World ocean currents map

Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)

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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.

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)

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Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)

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Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Rosette for collecting seawater samples

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