The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a species of glass sponge found in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean, usually at depths below 500 m (1,600 ft). Like other glass sponges, they build their skeletons out of silica, which forms a unique lattice structure consisting of spicules.

偕老同穴属（Euplectella）是多孔动物门、六放海绵纲、六星海绵目的一属。 直立生长，外形如精致的花瓶。 顶端为圆形或略呈椭圆形的出水口，有表盖状的筛板覆盖。

Euplectella is a genus of glass sponges which includes the well-known Venus' Flower Basket. Glass sponges have a skeleton [2] made up of silica spicules that can form geometric patterns.

2022年3月22日 · The deep-sea hexactinellid sponge Euplectella is an iconic living genus with no known fossil record. The family Euplectellidae (which includes a subset of genera that share the common name ‘Venus' flower basket’) has a very sparse record from the Middle Cretaceous onwards, and an estimated crown-group origin at around 300 Ma based on ...

New material of Venus' flower baskets from the latest Ordovician Anji Biota of China (444 Ma) dramatically extends the known and predicted range of the group, with implications for the diversification of the class Hexactinellida and the timing of development of deep-sea ecosystems.

The most famous glass sponge is a species of Euplectella, shown here in the northwestern Gulf of America (formerly Gulf of Mexico). Commonly called the “Venus flower basket,” this sponge builds its skeleton in a way that entraps a certain species of crustacean inside for life.

阿氏偕老同穴 （学名： Euplectella aspergillum，一名 画笔状偕老同穴），是一種屬於 六放海綿綱 偕老同穴屬 的 海綿。 因為擁有 二氧化矽 質的骨針，许多偕老同穴属的海绵也被稱作 玻璃海綿 或「維納斯的花籃」（源於 英語 俗名 Venus' Flower Basket）。

偕老同穴是一类海绵，属多孔动物门六放海绵纲松骨海绵目（Lyssacinosida）偕老同穴科（Euplectellidae）。 其中阿氏偕老同穴（Euplectella aspergillum）可见于菲律宾，类似种分布于日本、西太平洋其他地区及印度洋，目前发现其所处的水深范围可达108~5029 米。

The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a glass sponge in the phylum Porifera. It is a marine sponge found in the deep waters of the Pacific ocean, usually at depths below 500 m (1,600 ft). Like other sponges, they feed by filtering sea …

The Hexactinellida are commonly known as the glass sponges and include the Venus' flower basket ( Euplectella spp.) which can be seen below, and Regardrella okinoseana, a lacy basket sponge below. They are often radially symmetrical and vase- or funnel-shaped and can be up to 1m across and 1m high, and are very beautiful.