Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Pelagia - Fearsome Jellyfish
Mauve jellies move in droves, their nasty stings feared by swimmers.
Amphipode crustacean (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatoms - Life in glass houses
Champions of photosynthesis, these unicellular organisms appeared at the time of dinosaurs.They produce a quarter of the oxygen we breathe.
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Crab Zoea larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Cylindrotheca (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium tripos (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Velella - Planktonic Vessels
Colonies of polyps transported by prevailing winds, velella drift at the surface of warm seas.
