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.
Scientists collecting seawater samples from the rosette (Photo : Stacy Knapp, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
Instrumented buoy (Photo : David Luquet)
Krill (Photo : Fabien Lombard)
Diatom genus Rhizosolenia (Photo : Sophie Marro)
Dinoflagellate Ceratium reflexum (Photo : Sophie Marro)