Venus Flower Basket Shrimp
Member of the parazoa.
Venus flower basket shrimp. Once moved in the shrimp cleans the basket and in return the basket provides food for the shrimp by trapping it in its tissues and then releasing wastes into its body. Member of class hexactinellida the glass sponges. The venus flower basket is a benthic creature first appearing in new horizons.
This forms its skeleton made up of tiny spiky structures called spicules. 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. It is a marine sponge found in the deep waters of the pacific ocean.
It appears most frequently between 9pm and 4am. This is a truly alien like organ. However as the venus flower basket grows it seals off the open upper end and at the same time the shrimps grow so that they cannot swim through the side of the venus flower basket.
Euplectella aspergillum also known as the venus flower basket is one of the most unique and interesting lifeforms on earth. Have no true tissues only non specialized cells. Venus flower basket kingdom.
When the venus flower basket is small tiny shrimp swim in and out of it. The love story of venus flower basket two shrimps use this deep sea sponge for shelter for the rest of their lives. Its scientific name is euplectella aspergillum.
And the final place on his ark is reserved for one in particular venus flower basket so called because of the sponges delicate white lattice like beauty. Phylogenetic tree of the class hexactinellida 3 description. Each venus flower basket is usually inhabited by a mating pair of bioluminescent shrimp.