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Because sponges are one of the most simplex creatures on the planet, they weren't expected to be able to move. However, it has been discovered that for most species of sponge, they have a larval stage of about 24 hours in which they can swim. It is during this time that they spread out.

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Are most producers motile or sessile?

Most producers are sessile, meaning they are stationary and do not move from one place to another. This includes plants, algae, and some types of bacteria. These organisms generally rely on other means, such as wind, water, or animals, to disperse their spores or seeds for reproduction.


Why can't terrestrial animals not be sessile?

Terrestrial animals cannot be sessile because they live on land. Sessile animals are aquatic and live in the water. +++ That's no the definition of "sessile". A sessile organism is one that anchors itself to one place for its life, or most of its life. Most do live in water but by no means all aquatic animals are sessile. Fish are not!


What do sessile animals eat?

Sessile animals, such as corals and barnacles, often rely on filter feeding to capture plankton and other small particles from the water around them. Some sessile animals also have symbiotic relationships with algae or bacteria that provide them with nutrients through photosynthesis or other metabolic processes.


What is the advantage to a sessile animal of producing free swimming larvae?

Producing free-swimming larvae allows sessile animals to disperse and colonize new areas effectively. This strategy increases survival rates by reducing competition for resources within the parents' habitat and minimizing the likelihood of inbreeding.


What is 'sessile' in regard to animals?

Sessile refers to animals that are permanently attached to a surface and cannot move independently. They are typically found in environments where they can easily obtain food and resources without needing to move around. Examples of sessile animals include barnacles and oysters.

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What is the function of an amebocyte in a sponge?

Analyzing concepts how is it possible for a population of sponges, which are sessile animals to disperse


How do sponges create other sponges?

they can't. they are sessile animals therefore they cannot disperse.


How is it possible for population of sponges which are sessile animals to disperse?

Because sponges are one of the most simplex creatures on the planet, they weren't expected to be able to move. However, it has been discovered that for most species of sponge, they have a larval stage of about 24 hours in which they can swim. It is during this time that they spread out.


Are most producers motile or sessile?

Most producers are sessile, meaning they are stationary and do not move from one place to another. This includes plants, algae, and some types of bacteria. These organisms generally rely on other means, such as wind, water, or animals, to disperse their spores or seeds for reproduction.


What is the phylum of sessile animals?

Most sessile animals are of the phylum Mollusca.


Sessile animals are what kind of animals?

Sessile organisms are immobile. So. I can't think of any animals. But plants are sessile. Edit: Corals (related to anenomes) and sponges are good examples of sessile animals, the latter has a motile larval stage before it settles on a substrate and becomes sessile.


Why can't terrestrial animals not be sessile?

Terrestrial animals cannot be sessile because they live on land. Sessile animals are aquatic and live in the water. +++ That's no the definition of "sessile". A sessile organism is one that anchors itself to one place for its life, or most of its life. Most do live in water but by no means all aquatic animals are sessile. Fish are not!


Name a land animal that is sessile?

Sessile means nonmotile. Animals in this category include reef-building corals, mollusks, barnacles, and sponges. On land, scale insects mature as sessile animals.


What do sessile animals eat?

Sessile animals, such as corals and barnacles, often rely on filter feeding to capture plankton and other small particles from the water around them. Some sessile animals also have symbiotic relationships with algae or bacteria that provide them with nutrients through photosynthesis or other metabolic processes.


What are fungi motile or non-motile?

Fungi are non motile means they are not able to move.


What is the advantage to a sessile animal of producing free swimming larvae?

Producing free-swimming larvae allows sessile animals to disperse and colonize new areas effectively. This strategy increases survival rates by reducing competition for resources within the parents' habitat and minimizing the likelihood of inbreeding.


What is 'sessile' in regard to animals?

Sessile refers to animals that are permanently attached to a surface and cannot move independently. They are typically found in environments where they can easily obtain food and resources without needing to move around. Examples of sessile animals include barnacles and oysters.