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 : David Luquet)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-JacquesPangrazi)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
World ocean currents map
Carte de la camapagne du navire oceanographique James COOK