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No. Sponges belong to the phylum Porifera, which means 'pore bearing.' The have pores that are called incurrent vents, where water comes in, and excurrent vents, where water goes out. They are considered the most primitive of animals because they don't have any complex organs or tissues, so, for example, they don't have a circulatory system or a digestive system or a nervous system. Their cells are somewhat loosely structured in that some cells can move around from place to place in the sponge and there are some unspecialized cells that can become other kinds of cells. Also, they only have two layers of cells. There are some types of sponges that you can put through a sieve to separate all the cells but then the cells will go back together to recreate a sponge again.
Echinoderms are a completely different and more advanced phylum. They have organ systems and fixed (non-changing) cell types and more layers of cells. Also, if you put an echinoderm through a sieve, he's a gonner.
What else can I help you with?
What invertebrates is there?
Sponges,Worms,Mollusks,Arachnids,and Echinoderms
Which animal is not a arthopods?
Sponges, Cnidarians, Mollusks, and Echinoderms are not Arthropods.
What is the groups of invertebrates?
sponges+mollusks+arthropods+worms+octopods+echinoderms
What preys on sponges?
Some things that prey on sponges are sea turtles, crustaceans, fish, and echinoderms. Sponges move so slow that they cannot avoid being eaten.
What do balloon fish eat?
They eat corals, sponges, sea urchins, other echinoderms, and small crustaceans.
What are some resources from the ocean floor?
fish, mollusks, worms, crustaceans, echinoderms, sponges, tunicates and other cnidarians
What are all of the invertibrate groups?
An invertebrate is an organism that lacks a backbone. The 6 groups of invertebrates are sponges, cnidarians, worms, mollusks, echinoderms and arthropods.
What group can you classify a vertebrate animal into?
Ok vertabrates are animals with no back bones witch can be: sponges, echinoderms, celentrates, ( idont remember how to spell it) that's all i can remember.
What are all animals except bugs?
well, there are lots, so i`ll just say mammals,birds,fish,reptiles,amphibians,sponges,echinoderms,mollusks,and cnidaria.
How do you know if echinoderms are autotrophic?
No. Porifera (sponges) are heterotrophs. This is a key defining feature of all animals.
What are the four invertebrate groups?
Porifera (Sponges)Cnidaria (Coelenterates)Flatworms (Platyhelmenthes)Roundworms (Aschelmenthes - Nematode)Segmented worms (Annelids)Mollusks (Soft-Bodied/ hard shelled Animals)Echinoderms (Spiny-Skinned Animals)Arthropods
Are sponges deuterostome?
No, sponges are not deuterostomes. Deuterostomes are a distinct classification of animals characterized by a particular pattern of embryonic development, which includes echinoderms and chordates such as humans. Sponges belong to the phylum Porifera, and they are considered one of the most basal and primitive animal groups.
