![Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist](https://i0.wp.com/commonnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/6312693127_91e2dc40f5_o.jpg?ssl=1)
Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist
![Venus' flower basket | Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - For the next generation to inherit; the beautiful seas of Okinawa. - Venus' flower basket | Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - For the next generation to inherit; the beautiful seas of Okinawa. -](https://churaumi.okinawa/userfiles/fish_images/shinkaimusekitsui/kairoudouketu2.jpg)
Venus' flower basket | Churaumi Fish Encyclopedia | Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium - For the next generation to inherit; the beautiful seas of Okinawa. -
![L'Arca di Noè - Euplectella aspergillum (2) Large Venus's Flower Basket Glass Sponge Porifera Hyalospongiae [C25399] L'Arca di Noè - Euplectella aspergillum (2) Large Venus's Flower Basket Glass Sponge Porifera Hyalospongiae [C25399]](https://www.larcadinoe.com/images/products/Euplectella%20aspergyllum%20Spugna%202.jpg)
L'Arca di Noè - Euplectella aspergillum (2) Large Venus's Flower Basket Glass Sponge Porifera Hyalospongiae [C25399]
![The Glass Sponge, or Venus Flower Basket makes a delicate but rigid lattice of silicate spicules extracted from seawater Stock Photo - Alamy The Glass Sponge, or Venus Flower Basket makes a delicate but rigid lattice of silicate spicules extracted from seawater Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2HKGFGM/the-glass-sponge-or-venus-flower-basket-makes-a-delicate-but-rigid-lattice-of-silicate-spicules-extracted-from-seawater-2HKGFGM.jpg)
The Glass Sponge, or Venus Flower Basket makes a delicate but rigid lattice of silicate spicules extracted from seawater Stock Photo - Alamy
![The Venus Flower Basket - Euplectella aspergillum is a type of sponge that engineers its own fibre glass … | Biomimicry architecture, Patterns in nature, Unique art The Venus Flower Basket - Euplectella aspergillum is a type of sponge that engineers its own fibre glass … | Biomimicry architecture, Patterns in nature, Unique art](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/56/98/2e/56982e21c59997eabaa63dfbbcb13f68.jpg)
The Venus Flower Basket - Euplectella aspergillum is a type of sponge that engineers its own fibre glass … | Biomimicry architecture, Patterns in nature, Unique art
![Glass sponges look more like delicate vases than animals. Their intricate structure manages water flow reducing drag. Some may live for tens of thousands of years limited only by sea level change. Glass sponges look more like delicate vases than animals. Their intricate structure manages water flow reducing drag. Some may live for tens of thousands of years limited only by sea level change.](https://preview.redd.it/glass-sponges-look-more-like-delicate-vases-than-animals-v0-j3mj4x8g4vxa1.jpg?auto=webp&s=5b50764507ca477f5307241e00ebc258b9afe245)
Glass sponges look more like delicate vases than animals. Their intricate structure manages water flow reducing drag. Some may live for tens of thousands of years limited only by sea level change.
![ONE XL Venus Flower Basket, Euplectella aspergillum, Glass Sponge Seashell | Flower basket, Sponge, Venus ONE XL Venus Flower Basket, Euplectella aspergillum, Glass Sponge Seashell | Flower basket, Sponge, Venus](https://i.pinimg.com/originals/a7/0f/a0/a70fa03b145c4a6c59acebab7a12b780.jpg)
ONE XL Venus Flower Basket, Euplectella aspergillum, Glass Sponge Seashell | Flower basket, Sponge, Venus
![Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist Invertebrate of the Week #11 – Venus' Flower Basket (Euplectella aspergillum) | The Common Naturalist](https://i0.wp.com/commonnaturalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/glasssponge2.png?ssl=1)