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Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist
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Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist
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Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist
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
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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