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Description:
A bleached skeleton of the deep water glass sponge, Euplectella aspergillum, cared for in the Museum's collections. It is the holotype first described by Richard Owen in 1841.
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Porifera (sponges)
- Hexactinellida (hexactinellid sponges)
- Hexasterophora
- Lyssacinosida
- Euplectellidae
- Euplectellinae
- Euplectella
- Euplectella aspergillum (Venus' Flower Basket)
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