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.
Jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Les mésocosmes attirent les poissons ! (© Stareso)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Dinoflagellate Ceratium fusus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Carte bathymétrique mondiale
Profiling float (Photo : David Luquet)
Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
