She Sells Shells - I absolutely love how intricately these Venus flower sponges are created. Such amazing design! The sponge often symbiotically houses two small spongicolid shrimp (which are not actually shrimp,
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Extraordinarily early Venus' flower basket sponges (Hexactinellida, Euplectellidae) from the uppermost Ordovician Anji Biota, China - Botting - 2022 - Palaeontology - Wiley Online Library
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Jessica Rosenkrantz on Twitter: "the Venus Flower Basket Sponge constructs an intricate glass-like skeleton of silica (specimen was gifted by some talented glass people who visited recently) https://t.co/S9bm86N8sV" / Twitter
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Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist
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Symbiosis of the Venus Flower Basket and Sponge Shrimp – Art as Applied to Medicine | Flower basket, Venus, Shrimp art
![Is a deep-sea sponge inspiring the design of future mechanical structures? | News | CORDIS | European Commission Is a deep-sea sponge inspiring the design of future mechanical structures? | News | CORDIS | European Commission](https://cordis.europa.eu/docs/news/images/2021-08/430564.jpg)
Is a deep-sea sponge inspiring the design of future mechanical structures? | News | CORDIS | European Commission
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