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Euplectella is a symbol of union till death because

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Answered by Manishgahivar
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Explanation:

The sponge often symbiotically houses two small spongicolid shrimp (which are not actually shrimp, but Stenopodidea), a male and a female, who live out their lives inside the sponge. The shrimp breed, and when their offspring are tiny, they escape to find a new Venus' flower basket of their own. The shrimp inside the basket clean it and, in return, the basket provides food for the shrimp by trapping it in its tissues and then releasing wastes into the body of the sponge for the shrimp. It is also speculated that the bioluminescent light of bacteria harnessed by the sponge may attract other small organisms which the shrimp eat.[citation needed] In Japan, this symbiotic relationship symbolizes the idea "till death do us part", and the sponge is given as a wedding gift (in a dead, dry state)

Answered by Anonymous
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The shrimps live inside the sponge until they die. Hence, the symbiotic association of shrimps with sponge Euplectella show an example of union till death and the dried and dead sponge is given as a wedding gift in Japan to symbolize the love of 'till death do us part'.

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