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Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a species of marine glass sponge found in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean, usually at depths below 500 m (1,600 ft). Like other sponges, they feed by filtering sea water to capture plankton and marine snow . [ 1 ]
Euplectella is a genus of glass sponges which includes the well-known Venus' Flower Basket. Glass sponges have a skeleton [2] made up of silica spicules that can form geometric patterns. These animals are most commonly found on muddy sea bottoms in the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans. [3]
Venus Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) Scientific classification; Domain: Eukaryota: Kingdom: Animalia: ... Euplectellidae is a family of glass sponges ...
[2] [3] Lyssacine sponges have existed since the Upper Ordovician, and three families [2] (four including Aulocalycidae) [3] are still alive today. The Venus' flower basket ( Euplectella aspergillum ) is one of the most well-known and culturally significant of the glass sponges.
Bolosoma stalked glass sponge. Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges.They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consider them sufficiently distinct to deserve their own phylum, Symplasma.
Research on the Euplectella aspergillum (Venus' Flower Basket) demonstrated that the spicules of certain deep-sea sponges have similar traits to Optical fibre. In addition to being able to trap and transport light, these spicules have a number of advantages over commercial fibre optic wire.
Euplectella aspergillum, a glass sponge known as "Venus's flower basket" Sponges do not have distinct circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and excretory systems – instead, the water flow system supports all these functions.
Porifera (sponges), ... Venus' flower basket at a depth of 2572 meters. Barrel sponge. ... Glass models. Blaschka glass marine invertebrates, 1863–1880 ...