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Sponges are heterotrophic, which is a characteristic of an animal and not a plant. Sponges are also multicellular, are made up from cells without cell walls, characteristics of the kingdom Animalia and NOT Plante.

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What is sponges plants or animals?

Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera


Sponges are animals or plants?

Animals. The part that we think of as "sponge" is their skeleton.


Are mushrooms and sponges fungi?

Mushrooms and toadstools are examples of fungi. Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera. In biological terms, fungi form a kingdom. Plants have a separate kingdom. Animals have a separate kingdom.


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Sponges lack a true body cavity.Sponges exhibit radial symmetry.Sponges lack true tissues.Sponges are autotrophs.Sponges have a true coelom.-@leilooni


Is sponge a fungi?

Because we wanted to call them sponges. Sponges belong to the animal kingdom since they are heterotrophic. Fungi derive food from breaking doown orgainc material in soil. Sponges feed on existing material. This is the difference.


What are the distinctions between plants and animals?

plants makes there food by themselves but animals do not


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No. Sponges are animals, which are heterotrophic.


Do sponges have shells?

No. Sponges only have a few different types of cells and are among the most divergent animal species. They are sessile and were formerly thought to be plants.


How sponges live?

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