Species Profile
Euplectella
Venus flower basket
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumPorifera
ClassHexactinellida
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Euplectella lives in deep marine waters.
Sessile and filter-feeding.
Known for symbiotic shrimps.
Size & Structure
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Cylindrical glass-like body
02
Lattice skeleton
03
Transparent
04
Fixed to sea floor
Euplectella — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- Acoelomate
- Body plan
- Cell aggregate body plan
- Germ layer
- Diploblastic (cellular grade)
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Radial
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Intracellular
- Nervous system
- Absent
- Excretory organ
- Absent
- Body temperature
- Poikilothermic, stenohaline
- Circulatory type
- Type-I (absent)
- Development type
- Indirect
- Respiratory type
- Diffusion
- Mode of excretion
- Ammonotelism
- Circulation system
- Water canal system
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton (siliceous spicules)
- Level of Organisation
- Cellular level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoconformer
Ecology
Deep-sea filter feeder
Habitat for symbionts
Nutrient cycling
Economic Importance
Decorative value
Museum specimen
Scientific interest