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Embryos and larvae
Drifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.

Plankton
Plankton are a multitude of living organisms adrift in the currents.Our food, our fuel, and the air we breathe originate in plankton.

Sea Urchin - Planktonic Origins
Barely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.

Pleurobrachia
Propulsées par huit rangées de peignes, les groseilles de mer déploient deux longs tentacules pour pêcher des crustacés.

Underwater glider

Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)

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.

This video describes how to perform the Ludion experiment and explains the physical processes involved.

Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum. In the video one can observe the movement of one of the two flagella. (Video : Sophie Marro)