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Sponges and coral have a lot in common. they just sit on rocks, filtering food particles, living in quite large colonies, and provide habitat for other animals. But, in a way, sponges and coral are totally different. Sponges and coral come from different animal phyla. Phyla is the most basic of all animal distinctions. sponges are among the most simple of all animals, not having true tissues and deterring predators primarily by their lack of nutrition. They are covered in little pores lined with cells with flagella which are used to circulate water through the sponge and take in food particles. Sponges can also live in very deep water. Corals are related to jellyfish and anemones. Even more conplex than sponges, they have differentiated tissue and a true gut. Corals look like single individuals but they are actually huge colonies made of many geneticaly idenical polyps just a few mm in diameter. these polyps have stinging tenticals, and instead of depending on food particals, corals get most of their nutrition from algae (the algae also gives them their color!) Corals can't live as deep as sponges can.
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Are coral jellyfish or sponges cnidarians?
Corals and Jellyfish are cnidarians, sponges are not.
Would you find a sponge in a coral reef?
Yes they are. In many videos you can see sponges.It's nothing new to see sponges n the Coral Reefs. It's just part of the Tropical Life. yes, there are sponges in the coral reefs. they are goregous and beautiful thing too. they are in existance. they are the coral reefs. corla reefs have sponges.
What are more underwater plants?
Coral, Seaweed and Sponges
What animals are like sponges?
most likely coral
What do sea sponges look like?
Sea Sponges can have various shapes, sizes, and colors. Usually they have tubes, like coral. In fact, most sea sponges resemble coral to some extent.
Are Jellyfish and coral are closely related because both have bilaterally symmetrical bodies?
Jellyfish and coral polyps are both species that are not bilaterally symmertrical, they are radially symmetrical, as are sea anemones which are also related to those species.
What does bottom-dwelling fish sponges and coral have in common?
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What are sponge habitats?
typicaly sponges live in coral reefs with other sponges in their own habitat in the depths of the ocean floor!!!!
What animals rely on coral?
sponges, their zooxanthellae and smaller organisms for protection
Why are sponges harmful?
Some species (Chondrilla) do destroy coral reefs.
Is a reef a sponge?
no. a coral reef is a colony of many smaller coral polyps. corals are their own type of animal, not sponges.
What plants surround the coral reefs?
Pineapples. Thousands of Pineapples. And Sponges, millions.
