Dinoflagellate Ceratium pentagonum var robustum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Underwater glider (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Colony of dinoflagellates Ceratium hexacanthum. In the video, one can observe the movement of the flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellate Ceratium candelabrum var depressum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Gelatinous plankton Pelagia and Ctenophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium ranipes grd mains (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Gelatinous plankton Mneniopsis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Siphonophore Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)