Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Appendicularia Oikopleura dioica (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Sea Urchin - Planktonic OriginsBarely visible to the naked eye, sea urchin larvae grow and transform into bottom-dwelling urchins.
Jellyfish Rhizostoma pulmo (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Gelatinous plankton salpes and Beroe (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Stickers & Goodies
Dinoflagellates Ceratium platycorne var platycorne (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Drifting profiling floats in the Atlantic
Dinoflagellate Ceratium gravidum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium macroceros var macroceros (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Embryos and larvaeDrifting in the currents, embryos and larvae perpetuate the species and are food for multitudes.
Colony of diatoms genus Bacillaria whose single cells slide against each other (Video : Sophie Marro)
Siphonophores Forskalia formosa (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Teaching sheets
Siphonophore (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Antarctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Dinoflagellés Ceratium massiliense var protuberans (Photo : Sophie Marro)