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What are purple tube sponges enemies?
Purple tube sponges have few natural enemies due to their chemical defenses and habitat preferences. However, they may be consumed by some predators, such as sea urchins, certain nudibranchs, and some fish species. Overcrowding and competition for space with other filter feeders can also pose a threat to purple tube sponges.
What group are sponges divided into?
Sponges are animals of the phylum Porifera
Are kitchen sponges made up of the real marine sponges?
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.
Do barrel sponges migrate?
No, barrel sponges do not migrate. They are sessile organisms, meaning they are permanently attached to a surface and do not move from one place to another. Barrel sponges rely on water currents to bring them food and oxygen.
What defenses can organisms have?
Organisms can have physical defenses like camouflage or spines, chemical defenses like toxins or bad taste, behavioral defenses like hiding or fleeing, and immune defenses like antibodies or white blood cells to fight off pathogens.
What defenses do sponges have?
Yes, they do.
What are purple tube sponges enemies?
Purple tube sponges have few natural enemies due to their chemical defenses and habitat preferences. However, they may be consumed by some predators, such as sea urchins, certain nudibranchs, and some fish species. Overcrowding and competition for space with other filter feeders can also pose a threat to purple tube sponges.
Are sea sponges decomposers?
No, sea sponges are not decomposers. Sponges are filter feeders.
Do sponges have unicellular in them?
no sponges are not unicellular.
Are sponges parasitic?
No, sponges are not parasitic.
Do sponges have bone?
no sponges do not have bones
What kind of symmetry do sponges exhibit?
Sponges are asymmetrical, although a few species have nearly radial symmetry.
Do sponges have nerves?
No sponges lack organized multicellular organs, such as nerves and muscles.
Do sponges Hibernate?
To answer your question no sponges do not hibernate
Do sponges have organs?
Yes sponges have organs.
Are sponges autotrophs?
No. Sponges are animals, which are heterotrophic.
Are sponges unicellular?
If you're talking about kitchen sponges, they do not have cells. However, sea sponges have cells.
