found: Work cat.: Walter, S. Studies of the mechanical behavior of the spicules from the sponge Euplectella aspergillum, 2006:p. 2 (Euplectella aspergillum is of the class Hexactinellidae and can be found in low and temperate latitudes at depths from outside diving capabilities to 5050 meters)
found: ITIS, Feb. 23, 2007(Euplectella aspergillum; no common name listed)
found: Index to organism names, via WWW, Feb. 23, 2007(Euplectella aspergillum, Porifera, Hexactinellida)
found: Animal diversity Web, Feb. 23, 2007(Euplectella aspergillum (glass sponge) found in the western Pacific Ocean near the Philippine Islands)
found: Web. 3(Venus's-flower-basket, a delicate tubular or cornucopia-shaped hexactinellid sponge (genus Euplectella) native to the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia and having a skeleton of glassy transparent siliceous fibers interwoven into a firm network with long slender divergent anchoring fibers at the base by means of which the sponge stands erect in the soft mud at the bottom of the sea)
found: Wikipedia, Feb. 23, 2007(Venus' flower basket, or Euplectella aspergillum; Porifera, Hexactenellida, Euplectellidae, Euplectella)
found: Zoology museum Web site, Feb. 23, 2007(Venus' flower basket Euplectella aspergillum belonging to the small group of glass sponges (Hexactinellida))
found: Britannica online, Feb. 23, 2007(genus Euplectella, E. aspergillum (class Hyalospongiae, glass sponges). The name Venus's flower basket derives from the sponges' delicate, white, latticelike skeletons. In the livinganimal the skeleton is covered by a thin layer of cells. E. aspergillum is found in a small area of the sea near the Philippine Islands)
