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Do sponges have backbones

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No only animals called vertebrates have backbones and sponges are not vertebrates.

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No, they have no bones to hold them up so they have jelly cells.

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How are sponges supported?

They have backbones.


Why are sponges invertebrate?

Sponges to not have spines (backbones) and are therefore not vertebrates.


Why are sponges considered invertebrates?

because they do not have backbones


Do sea sponges have back bones?

No. Vertebrates are animals with backbones. Sponges are about the simplest multicelluar organisms around.


Name a animal with an invertebrate?

Animals which are invertebrates are those without backbones, such as: insects, spiders, mollusks, worms, sponges, jellyfish, starfish, etc


Are all arachnids invertebrates?

They are invertebrates because, they don't have backbones. Spiders have a outer coating like a m&m that holds their insides in.


What kind of animals dont have backbones?

Animals that do not have backbones are called invertebrates. Some examples of invertebrates include arthropods (such as spiders, crabs, insects, etc), worms, jellyfish, molluscs (such as snails and octopi), sponges, and more. Interesting to note is that there are far more insects than there are animals with backbones, whether you count by number of species, amount of biomass, or number of individuals.The invertebrates do not have backbones. They are mainly primitive animals. They usually have a less complex body design than those animals which have backbones.


What are name of animals that are invertebrates?

Squid, octopus, worms, snails, caterpillars, crab, starfish, jellyfish, spiders, sponges, lice, ants, mites, and flies have no backbones.


What animals do not have back bones?

Animals with no backbones are called invertebrates and they include insects, worms, spiders along with soft bodied animals such as sponges, sea anemones and jellyfish.Invertebrates are the animals without back bones.


There are more animals that don't have backbones than there are that do have backbones?

No there is more with backbones


What animals make up vertebrates?

Animals with backbones (a spine) make up veterbraes, this includes most animals species but it does not include any insects or sponges. What it does include is mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.


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