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immobile organism such as corrals and barnacles
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agosessile organism: an organism (animal), such as a barnacle or a coral polyp, that is permanently attached to a substrate or base and not free to move about.
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∙ 13y agoBarnacles and coral are sessile animals because they cannot move about.
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∙ 7y agoSessile organisms live all over the place! Anything that does not move around is considered sessile. I think a lot of the time it is used to describe sea creatures like anemones and sponges.
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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 eat food particles floating in the water.
Are most producers motile or sessile?
Producers photosynthesize, making them sessile. Animals that eat the producers are called consumers. Consumers are motile. Remember, sessile means immobile, and most plants are sessile.
Motile and sessile?
motile means those animals which are able to move [eg. animals] from one place to another which sessile animals [eg. sea anemone] are those which cannot move.
Is a Architeuthis dux motile or sessile?
The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) is motile; they move themselves by a mechanism similar to jet propulsion. Sessile animals do not have brains, but the squid does.
What is the phylum of sessile animals?
The phylum of sessile animals is Porifera, which includes organisms such as sponges. Sessile animals are ones that are permanently attached to a surface and do not move around freely.
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!
Is there a sessile land animal?
No they are not any sessile animals on land.
What do sessile animals eat?
Sessile animals eat food particles floating in the water.
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.
Are most producers motile or sessile?
Producers photosynthesize, making them sessile. Animals that eat the producers are called consumers. Consumers are motile. Remember, sessile means immobile, and most plants are sessile.
Motile and sessile?
motile means those animals which are able to move [eg. animals] from one place to another which sessile animals [eg. sea anemone] are those which cannot move.
Are sessile animals active only at night?
The definition of sessile is something that is attached at the base, like the leaf that is attached by stem to a branch... Do you mean noturnal?
What type of animals are typically absent in soft-bottom subtidal communities?
The type of animals that are typically absent in a soft bottom subtidal community are sessile. A sessile animal is not able to move and is permanently attached to something solid.
Is a Architeuthis dux motile or sessile?
The giant squid (Architeuthis dux) is motile; they move themselves by a mechanism similar to jet propulsion. Sessile animals do not have brains, but the squid does.
Is hydra sessile or non sessile?
a hydra as a polyp is not sessile but when it grows to be a hydra it is sessile
