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This is from www.reefnews.com: This Purple Tube Sponge colony lives on a dead coralhead. The coral may have succombed to the algae and sponges that grew over the polyps and killed them. Now the skeleton of the coral supports a variety of sponges and algae. Sponges are colonies of thousands of individual cells. The cells work together, pumping water through the body of the sponge. The tall tube is in the shape of a "chimney." This chimney is an exhaust tube, where the water pumped by the sponge comes out. The sponge eats the plankton it filters out of the water as the water is pumped through the body of the sponge. Animals that eat sponges and algae help to keep a healthy balance on the reef. If there are too few of these animals, then the sponges and algae may take over. Examples of algae eaters are Parrotfishes, Sea Urchins, and Crabs. Examples of sponge eaters are Hawksbill Turtles and Loggerhead Turtles.
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Can a fish live in a purple tube sponge colony?
What is a purple tube sponge what are you on?
What are purple tube sponges?
a type of sponge that is purple
What is the scientific name for a purple tube sponge?
The scientific name of the purple tube sponge is Aplysina lacunosa.
What is an example of a sponge?
a kitchen sponge sea spone purple sponge (sea sponge)
How do tube sponge get their food?
A tube sponge gets their good from a fliter in there mouth. ( The fliter is there mouth)
What is the niche of Purple Tube sponge?
The purple tube sponge is also called the Aplysina lacunosa. They grow to be three to five feet long. They can live in clusters of ten or more, and these clusters can be more than six feet long.
What is the scientific name of the tube sponge?
There are several separate species in various classes:Aplysina archeri (known as the stove-pipe sponge)Aplysina fistularis (yellow tube-sponge)Callyspongia siphonella (colonial tube-sponge)Callyspongia crassa (prickly tube-sponge)*Callyspongia also includes the so-called "vase" sponges.
What is the name of the rarest type of sponge?
Fluorescent Purple Vase Sponge is a very rare type of sponge.
What phylum is the yellow tube sponge in?
The scientific class of an yellow Tube Sponge is- Demospongiae. Yes... this is the correct spelling.
What is the tube sponge color?
Yellow :)
Does a tube sponge undergo a metamorhposis?
No.
You want to bake a sponge cake but you dont have a tube pan what can you use?
A sponge cake can be baked in layers without a tube pan.
