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] They are sessile organisms and do not move once attached to a rock.[4] They can be found at depths between 100 m and 1000 m but are most commonly found at depths greater than 500 m.[5]
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assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum". Journal of Structural Biology. 158 (1): 93–106. doi:10...
including Aulocalycidae) are still alive today. The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is one of the most well-known and culturally significant...
histidine-rich protein from the siliceous skeletal system of the marine sponge Euplectella, directs silica polycondensation". Proceedings of the National Academy...
was the first to describe the now well-known Venus' Flower Basket or Euplectella (1841, 1857). Among Entozoa, his most noteworthy discovery was that of...
sponge taxa or due to the scarcity of the material. Research on the Euplectella aspergillum (Venus' Flower Basket) demonstrated that the spicules of...
sponges (skeleton).-1. Alcyoncellum speciosum. (Quoy et Gaimard).-2. Euplectella aspergillum (Owen), in Filhol, H. (1885) Vie au Fond des Mers : les Explorations...
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