| NOUN | animal | Venus's flower basket | a deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework |
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| Meaning | A deep-water marine sponge having a cylindrical skeleton of intricate glassy latticework; found in the waters of the East Indies and the eastern coast of Asia. | |
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| Member of | Euplectella, genus Euplectella | A genus of Hyalospongiae |
| Broader | glass sponge | A siliceous sponge (with glassy spicules) of the class Hyalospongiae |
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