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Sponges and corals have different feeding methods due to their structural and functional differences. Sponges primarily filter feed by drawing water through their porous bodies, trapping small particles like bacteria and plankton with specialized cells called choanocytes. In contrast, corals are primarily carnivorous, capturing prey using stinging cells called nematocysts on their tentacles, and they also engage in a symbiotic relationship with zooxanthellae, which provide energy through photosynthesis. While both rely on water flow for feeding, sponges filter feed while corals actively capture food and utilize symbiotic algae.
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Is coral a sponge?
Of course it is NOT a sponge!!!!!!!
What are the three types of coral reefs?
This answer is to clarify the answer that was given: There are three types of coral reefs: fringing reef, barrier reefs and coral Atolls. Sea anemone attaches itself to coral but it is not coral(predatory animal) A sea sponge is a filter feeding animal and a sea fan is soft coral but not a coral reef. sea anemone, sea sponge, sea fan (This is the answer that was given first and it is not correct)
Sponge coral kelp type of plant?
no it is not a type of plant only coral and things like seaweed and kelp
What is apple coral?
Apple Coral is actually a sponge called melithae.
Is coral and sponge alive?
yes
Feeding Frenzy?
coral
What is the complex invertebrate flatworm sponge coral or crab?
I had asked the same thing before but then I figured it out. Out of a flatworm, sponge, coral, or crab, the complex invertebrate is a crab.
What is coral a arthropod or sponge or an echinoderm?
Coral is nor arthropod , sponge or echinoderm , A coral is a cnidarian also called a coelenterate because it possess cnidocytes , stinging cells , gastrovascular cavity ,tentacles which are cnidarian charters .
How is sponge bob adapted to its habitat?
Spongebob is a animal called a sea-sponge which is a type of coral but portrayed as an actual sponge unless he is a sponge that has been thrown into the ocean.
Which is not an animal coral snail seaweed and sponge?
sea weed
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.
Is a reef a sponge?
no. a coral reef is a colony of many smaller coral polyps. corals are their own type of animal, not sponges.
