Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Hemiaulus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
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.
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium falcatum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
