Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Pelagia - Fearsome JellyfishMauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium hexacanthumchaîne de Ceratium hexacanthum qui restent les uns à la suites des autres au fur et à mesure des divisions. Le mouvement des flagelles est bien visible.
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
PlanktonPlankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Jellyfish Aequorea aequorea (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic OriginsBarely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
The various components of a profiling float type PROVOR
Les mésocosmes déployés dans la rade de Villefranche en face de l'observatoire océanologique de Villefranche (© L. Maugendre, LOV)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
