i know some types of plankton eat diatoms and so do sponges,jellyfish and crabs and ther is still many more things that eat diatoms
No, as in most (if not all) sponges, barrel sponges are completely sessile and unable to move locations.
A sponge's defenses are spikes in the sponges body.
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera
No, kitchen sponges nowadays are usually made from cellulose or synthetic plastics. Real marine sponges were used by early Europeans to also clean, but it was stopped due to overfishing that almost brought the sponges to extinction.
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Many of the reef fishes feed on sponges for their diet.
what do hawk beak turtles eat sponges
no sponges do not eat small fish they move slowly across the ground like starfish and eat bacteria of rocks and coral.
Yes and they also enjoy eating old boat propellars
It eats sponges and stony corals these two foods are their favorite.
Many coral reef organisms eat yellow tube sponges like angelfishes, filefishes, cowfishes and spadefish. Also the Hawksbill sea turtle.
It eats especially sessile life forms include hard corals and sponges in aquarium.
The reasons why any animal eats a particular organism is never clear. A top reason why Nudibranchs might eat 'toxic sponges' is that there was not much else available to eat and it was easy to eat the sponges. These sponges were a niche that was unfilled and the Nudibranches adapted to take it. The sponges are still partially toxic to Nudibranchs! They often have specially lined stomachs to protect them from the sponges sharp spicules and the toxins from the sponge accumulate in them. When a predator tries to eat a nudibranch it gets a nasty mouthful of these toxins.
Spongin and spicules are the sponges body support and defence. They both cover a sponge, and if a predator eats it it will be hurt. It will be hard to eat it, because of the sharpness and roughness of the outside. Well at least in the spicules case.
Spongin and spicules are the sponges body support and defence. They both cover a sponge, and if a predator eats it it will be hurt. It will be hard to eat it, because of the sharpness and roughness of the outside. Well at least in the spicules case.
Yes, starfish do eat sea urchins. They wrap themselves around the sea urchin and evert their stomach against it to dissolve away the flesh and shell. Eventually when the flesh and shell is dissolved by the starfish stomach acids, the starfish eats the inside of the sea urchin.