Les Dinoflagellés - Ceratium gravidum

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)

Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)

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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.

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Les Diatomées - Bacillaria
Colonie de diatomées du genre Bacillaria dont les individus peuvent glisser les uns par rapport aux autres.

Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (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.

Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)

Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)

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Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.

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)