Porifera (Sponges)

Oh, dude, phylum Porifera is like the SpongeBob SquarePants of the animal kingdom. They chill in the ocean, just hanging out, filtering water and stuff. So, yeah, you can find these guys just kicking it in the sea, living their best sponge life.

a sponge has a does not have a artery and a mollusk does, a sponge feeds on coral and marine life also and a mollusk a feeds on decaying matter : thanks for submitting this a awnser:-) P.s. I messed up on the top of my sentence:-( but that anwser is right I googled it, again thanks:-)

Sponges are simple, multicellular animals that lack true tissues and organs. They obtain nutrients by filtering small particles from the water through specialized cells called choanocytes. Sponges have a porous body with a system of canals and chambers for water circulation.

Sponges have a variety of defenses against predators, including producing toxins, secreting a distasteful substance, releasing mucous to trap predators, and being able to quickly regenerate if damaged. Some sponges can also contract or close their pores to protect themselves.

I think most of these sponge species live in aquatic habitats. Such as cold oceans in the Arctic and Antarctic, but few live in warmer climates. About 150 of the sponge species live in warm climates, like tropical areas, while most live in cold areas.

Sponges are aquatic animals that live in freshwater or marine environments. They can be found attached to rocks, reefs, or other hard surfaces on the ocean floor. Sponges are filter feeders, meaning they pump water through their bodies to collect food particles.

All sponges have a skeleton made of a protein called spongin or mineralized structures composed of calcium carbonate or silica.

No. Despite its looks, sponge is an animal which filter feeds, which makes it a heterotroph.

In early stages of its life, it is actually motile and moves around until it finds a suitable space to grow and become a sponge. Once it grows, it can bring in water and get the nutrients present in the water through diffusion.

Water provides structural support to sponges, helping them maintain their shape and enabling them to filter food particles from the water passing through their pores. In addition, water carries oxygen and nutrients to the cells of the sponge and helps in waste removal.

Some animals that eat sponges include sea slugs, sea stars, certain species of fish, and turtles. These organisms feed on sponges by either picking at them or by sucking them in through their mouth openings.

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.

Predators of the yellow sponge include sea slugs, nudibranchs, and certain species of sea stars that feed on sponges. These predators can consume the sponge either by physically consuming it or by feeding on the cells of the sponge.

The Brown Bowl Sponge is Cribrochalina vasculum, in the class Demospongiae.

You might find a product made from an animal of the phylum Porifera (sponges) in your kitchen, specifically in the form of cleaning sponges or bath sponges. Many of these sponges are now synthetic, but natural sponges are still used in some products due to their unique properties.

Sponges are commonly referred as an organism, because it is made up of more than one cell. Microorganisms normally only have one cell, single-celled organism, so a sponge would be a multicelled organism, or just a normal organism.,

The Boring Yellow Sponge: Gaylord Stuart McIrvington, lives in Witchitaw Lake, Wisconsin and is a professional "put glue on your fingers and slowly pull them apart" technician.

Spongebob Squarepants, lives in a pineapple under da sea. Possibly in the Pacific. I Think. At least, that's where he gets his mail, and hangs out 99.999% of the time. WHY CAN'T HE LEAVE SQUIDWARD ALONE???????

The Boring Yellow Sponge: Gaylord Stuart McIrvington, lives in Witchitaw Lake, Wisconsin and is a professional "put glue on your fingers and slowly pull them apart" technician.

Spongebob Squarepants, lives in a pineapple under da sea. Possibly in the Pacific. I Think. At least, that's where he gets his mail, and hangs out 99.999% of the time. WHY CAN'T HE LEAVE SQUIDWARD ALONE???????

Porifera (sponges) have no specialized cells. To be diploblastic animal phyla must have a minimum of two cell layers referred to as ectoderm and endoderm. The absence of these cell types make it impossible for any members of porifera to be diploblastic.

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basket sponge

By sucking in their food or eating it

Phylum Porifera sponges have radial symmetry.

because it is not bilaterally simmetrical.

According to my calculations, a sponge is similar to a fish but is not quite a fish.

This answer is unlimited. All sponges are different sizes, and each species has variations on the number of pores. Sponges are only made of spongin, a network of webbed collagen. Pores are only gaps in the spongin where water is forced through. As you may already know, squeezing a sponge expels the water from all locations of the sponge. Therefore, water can travel through all parts of the sponge. You may consider every gap in the spongin to be a pore. This number cannot be recorded, as it varies greatly throughout all sponges.

sponges capture bacteria, plankton,and other tiny organic particles.