Venus Flower Basket Sponge

Its body is almost see through because it has tiny holes around it.

Venus flower basket sponge. The chambers throughout the body are irregular. Venus’s flower basket, any of several sponges of the genus euplectella, especially e. The venus' flower basket (euplectella aspergillum) is a hexactinellid sponge in the phylum porifera inhabiting the deep ocean.

Venus flower basket (glass sponge) what a wonderful addition this venus flower basket will make to your seashell collection, and nautical beach house decor. One particular type of glass sponge, famously called the venus’ flower basket (euplectella spp.), is known to house two small shrimps (a male and a female) inside its glass skeleton. Both the external and internal surfaces are covered by this trabecular net.

In the living animal the skeleton is covered by a thin layer of cells. Two shrimps use this deep sea sponge for shelter, for the rest of their lives. …of the genus euplectella, especially e.

Young shrimp pairs enter the sponge when they are small, but eventually become too big to get out. That's right, the skeleton is made of what amounts to fiberglass. “the thin glassy fibers protruding from the base of the venus flower basket sponge are better able to transmit light than industrial fiber optic cables used for telecommunication.

The love story of venus' flower basket. Aspergillum (class hexactinellida, glass sponges). In the living animal the skeleton is covered by a thin layer of cells.

Further, the only thing keeping this glass sponge anchored to the sea floor is a tuft of tiny glass structures called spicules, each about the thickness of a human hair.yet these sponges manage to hold firm and resist bending in The venus' flower basket looks like an otherworldly creature one would find on an alien planet. It is made of a thin layer of cells surrounding its body.