http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/main.php Deep Sea Protists of the Mediterranean Sea: AncesStram project http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/DeepSeaMed.jpg.html 103148 Deep water sampling conducted for the ANR project AncesStram Sagitta 3 at Point C, our mesoplegaic sampling site http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/Sagitta3PointC.jpg.html 103733 Sampling at Point C: Total depth of water column 300 m, located about 1 Km off-shore. Eiffel Tower Pt C sampling http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/EffeilTowerPtCsampling.jpg.html 103982 Mesopelagic depth relative to Eiffel Tower The Nautilus http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/NemoMesoProtists.jpg.html 103943 Captain Nemo Contemplating Mesopelagic Protists Hasitgerina pelagica http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/HasitgerinaPelagica.jpg.html 105988 Shell and spines. Specimen from Pt C deep net tow on Sept 29 2020 Dictyocoryne profunda forming it pseudopodes after being pipetted from a sample taken at 250 m on March 9, 2021 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/DictyocoryneProfundaTimeSeries.jpg.html 106356 Dictyocoryne profunda forming it pseudopodes after being pipetted from a sample taken at 250 m on March 9, 2021 Dictyocoryne profunda living cell http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/fullbloomdictycoryne.jpg.html 106362 Dictyocoryne profunda living cell with pseudopodes fully extended Nassularian Radiolarian - Cornutella profunda (Ehrenberg 1854) http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/40xbis450rady.jpg.html 103152 Net sample 500-400 m depth on Sept 23 2016, off the Cap de Nice live Spirocyrtis cornutella from net tow 500-400 m on Sept 26 2016 http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/32xlivptarad450m.jpg.html 103173 Eucyrtidium acuminatum http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/60xbasketrady19dec250mptc.jpg.html 103346 Eucyrtidium acuminatum from 250 m depth Pt C on Dec 19 2016 . Spirocyrtis cornutella (Haeckel) http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/40x450mrady.jpg.html 103155 Net sample 500-400 m depth on Sept 23 2016, off the Cap de Nice Lampromita danaes (Haeckel 1887) from a deep net tow http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/LampromitaClathrocyclasDanaes.jpg.html 105976 Tilted right, from bottom up, tilted left Chinese Hat Radiolarian http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/20xchinesehatrady27mar250m.jpg.html 104012 The radiolarian Litharachnium eupilium (Haeckel, 1887). Originally described by Haeckel as Sethophormis eupilium. Top insert shows the shape of the cephalus ; bottom insert shows Haeckel's 1887 illustration from Plate 56 of the Challenger Expedition mon Litharachnium tentorium http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/LitharachniumTentorium.jpg.html 105973 From a deep net tow on Sept 22 2020 Tholospyris acuminata (Herwig1879) http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/Tholospyris_acuminata_Herwig1879.jpg.html 105982 Tholospyris acuminata (Hertwig 1879) from a deep net tow (275-225 m) at Point C on September 7 2020. ID by Nori Suzuki. Amphispyris reticulata http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/amphispyris_reticulata.jpg.html 105979 Amphispyris reticulata from a deep net tow on Sept 22 2020 Tripodocyrtis platycephala (Haeckel, 1887) http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/newradytopside.jpg.html 106090 Archiscenium quadrispinum http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/ArchisceniumQuadrispinum2020Oct27PtC250m.jpg.html 106039 From a deep water (275-225 m) net tow on October 27, 2020 at Point C Zygocircus typus (Haeckel 1887) described as Cortina typus by Haeckel http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/ZygocircusTypusPtCdeepnetOct12.jpg.html 106009 From a deep water (275-225 m) net tow on October 12, 2020. Radiolarian (Pteroscenium sp.) from a deep net tow http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/32xradynet23june.jpg.html 105910 An unidentified nassularian radiolarian from a deep net tow (275-225 m) on June 23 2020 Pteroscenium sp. http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/20xradnet1.jpg.html 106021 Pteroscenium sp. from a deep net tow on June 23 2020 Tubosphaera teseractis (Dreyer1913) http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/TubosphaeraTeseractisDreyer1913AsXiphosphaeraDec2net.jpg.html 106066 Tubosphaera teseractis (Freyer 1913). Skelelton found in material from a deep net tow (275-225m) at Point C on December 20, 2020. Carpocanistrum cephalum http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/CarpocanistrumCephalumDec15PtC.jpg.html 106144 Carpocanistrum cephalum Haeckel 1887- live cell from a depp (275-225m) net tow on December 15 2020 at Point C Carpocanium solitarium (Ehrenberg 1839) http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/96xcarpocan100umbar.jpg.html 106138 Carpocanium solitarium (Ehrenberg 1839) found in a deep net tow (275-225m) on March 2, 2021 Coelodendrum ramosisissimum http://gallery.obs-vlfr.fr/gallery2/v/Aquaparadox/DeepSea/CoelodendrumRamosisissimumLive.jpg.html 106129 A live Coelodendrum ramosissimum from a deep net tow (275-225m) on Jan. 26 2021.