Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
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.
Remote-controlled sailboat
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)