Rosette used to collect seawater samples during a scientific cruise in the South Pacific Ocean. (Photo : Joséphine Ras)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Foraminifera Ruber (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Acantharia (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ostracodes (Photo : Fabien Lombard)