Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Ocean color satellites travel around the Earth at an altitude of about 700 to 800 km.
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
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.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Ciliate (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Appendiculaires - Ils vivent dans leurs filets
L’appendiculaire, proche ancêtre des vertébrés, fabrique des logettes aux filtres délicats à la fois résidence et filet de pêche.
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)
