Siphonophores (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Surface chlorophyll a concentration in the global ocean.
Squid larva (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Villefranche-sur-Mer in stormy weather, winter 2011 - Photo : J.-M. Grisoni
Illustration in synthesized images of the seasons of the ocean: a year from the Arctic - Animation Clement Fontana
Siphonophores - The longest animals on the planet
Cousins of corals, siphonophores are colonies of specialized individuals called zoids. Some catch and digest their prey, others swim, or lay eggs or sperm.
Ctenaria Beroe ovata (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Annelid worm (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Large rosette sampler used in the "World Ocean Circulation Experiment". This rosette has 36 10-liter Niskin bottles, an acoustic pinger (lower left), an "LADCP" current profiler (yellow long tube at the center), a CTD (horizontal instrument at the bottom), and transmissometer (yellow short tube at the center). (Photo : L. Talley)
Copepode Sapphirina iris (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Cténophores - Orgie de couleurs
Vagues de lumière iridescentes, à l'affût de proies, voici les cténophores.
Mollusk (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Remote-controlled sailboat
Instrumented buoy (Photo : Emilie Diamond)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium azoricum (Photo : Sophie Marro)