Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planetCousins 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)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes montrant un plongeur récoltant les pièges à sediment (© Stareso)
Deployment of a profiling float (Photo : Jean-Jacques Pangrazi)
Rosette for collecting seawater samples
Dinoflagellate Ceratium paradoxides (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Animation of the biosphere obtained from the ocean color sensor SeaWiFS
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom species Odontella mobiliensis (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Vue sous-marine d'un groupe de mésocosmes (© Stareso)
Trimaran of INSU
The seasonal evolution of the chlorophyll a concentration as seen by a « water color » satellite (SeaWifs) in the Atlantic Ocean.
Stickers & Goodies
Ctenaria Eucharis multicornis (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Coscinodiscus (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Jellyfish Leuckaztiara octona (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium extensum (Photo : Sophie Marro)