Sponges are animals because they are in the phylum poridfera, which is an animal phylum, they can reproduce asexualy and sexually, and when they reproduce sexually, they use sperm and eggs instead of using other stuff that plants and fungi use to reproduce. A sponge are also a consumer, that means it eats other things, they eat almost like oysters, they filter the little organisms in water through collar cells that traps the little organism, the collar cells have whiplike structures that beat back and forth, that's how they trap food. They also have pores, all sponges have pores, it's very obvious that they have pores, and i dont think plant, bacter, fungi, or protist have pore.
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera
No. Sponges are animals, which are heterotrophic.
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera.
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera
why are collar cells important in classifying sponges as animals
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.
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they can't. they are sessile animals therefore they cannot disperse.
yes they can regenerate. Marine sponges are multicellular animals that can regenerate from single cells.
They are animals, and so they are in Animalia. Although they look lifeless, they are not.
because sponges provide nutrition for the animals, they are clever and know this.