Venus Flower Basket Sponge. Venus’s flower basket, any of several sponges of the genus euplectella, especially e. In traditional asian cultures it was given as a wedding gift (in its dead, dry state) because the sponge symbiotically houses two small shrimps, a male and a female, who live out their lives inside the sponge.
David attenborough shows us why the venus flower basket sea sponge is so amazing. The venus' flower basket is a sponge found at depths of around 100 to 1,000 metres (330 to 3,300 feet) on the ocean floor near japan and the philippines. The sponge produces its fibers at low temperatures using natural materials.
The venus’ flower basket is classified as a glass sponge because its body is made of silica, which is chemically the same as.
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. This is a sea creature, a sponge of sorts, that grows a glass skeleton. This week we feature fascinating members of the hexactinellid glass sponges, the family euplectellidae, with the common name venus flower basket. One of the weirdest sponges in the world, this sponge looks like a basket made by hand.