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Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera
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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.
Why were sponges once thought to be plants?
Because they didn't move about about as most animals do. =)
Is a calcareous sponge a vascular or nonvascular plant?
Sponges are not plants but animals .
Why are sponges classified as animals than plants?
due to their internal and external structures
How do sponges differ from other animals?
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 makes sponges animals and not plants?
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.
Are sponges autotrophs?
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?
They filter the water for food. Scientists thought they were plants for a long time. They now say they are animals.
Sponges are classified as animals because they cannot?
because they cannot produce there own food like other plants!
