Porifera (Sponges)
Sponges are very diverse invertebrates that live under the sea. They come in a large variety of colors, shapes and structural complexities.
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Amanda Mesecar-HartmanSponges were first though to be plants because, at first glance, they appear to be so. They are immobile, have no appendages to...
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Sponges are invertebrates
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It belongs to the invertebrates
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They don't. They are attached to the bottom of the ocean.
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no, they don't. they dont have a circulatory system either.
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Sponges are asymmetrical.
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Si Donna Diabelos ay isang cute na babae kaya siya ay mayroong sea cucumber..................................(^^)
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Sponges may reproduce sexually or asexually. Oddly, most sponges are both male and female and play either role when sexually...
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They need water to filter feed.
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Sponges are not unicellular organisms but they are multicellular organisms.They belong to phylum Porifera. They lack tissue grade...
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if you have a dry sponge, and squeeze all of the air out, then put it under water, it will suck the water in.
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Compare the two:ARGUMENT 1: SPONGES ARE ANIMALSan animal is: any of a kingdom (Animalia) of living things including many-celled...
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Just a dish (a place) to set a sponge. Just like a soap dish.
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There are many kinds of leeches and each has their own food requiremnt. But generally speaking they eat, snails, fish, frogs,...
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the cells that make up their bodies can live as single cells
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Sea Cucumbers ingest sand, digest the microorganisms, and expel the sand debris.
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AnswerNo sponges lack organized multicellular organs, such as nerves and muscles.
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yes they do.all animals sleep but ocean and fresh water fish sleep with their eyes open.so sea cucumbers sleep
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No, sponges do not have eyes. In fact, they don't have any organs at all. Sponges are among the simplest forms of multicellular...
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Well,it very clear to me that if you have wash dishes you would know.are you dumb? a sponge has 1 opening.
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Yes, because they have symbiosis
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They don't really move around They have no major organs (much like jellyfish) They make good art supplies when they die.
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when sea cucumbers are born they are born with cilia. Cilia helps them to move around.
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Answersponges can move slowly by directing their water current in a certain direction with myocytes.
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Finger Sponges are found southwards from Western Australia to the central New South Wales coast. Finger Sponges live in coastal...
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Mostly external,some species external fertilization .
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In water through canal system .
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well it doesnt eat fish but it doesnt eat plants really. it eats tiny particles living and dead well im not sure what a particle...
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Sponges have an arsenal of biochemical poisons they use to defend themselves. In fact, they have so many different chemicals,...
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Im pretty sure its grasshopper... they have different segments 9head, throax, body etc.)
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A tube sponge gets their good from a fliter in there mouth. ( The fliter is there mouth)
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mostly in salt water environmetns (ocean) mostly in salt water environmetns (ocean)
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The sponges or poriferans (from http://www.answers.com/topic/latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear") are...
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Individuals in the phylum porifera are asymmetrical.
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No, they are sponges. Actually they are the only animal phyla that does not have any "true tissues".
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They are a family of leeches known as "jawed leeches." [See Related Links]
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The definition of animals only says that most have independent motion. Stationary animals (sponge, coral, anemones, and some...
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Sponges are in the Phylum Porifera.All sponges belong to the phylum Porifera. Sponges are unique among animals for not having...
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They have many sensory organs, like olfactory papillae, eyes and termic receptors, so they can find preys or dead animal bodies.
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Sea Sponges don't move at all. Mature sea sponges are sessile, meaning they are rooted to one place until they die. Sea sponge...
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All sponges have toxic substances inside of their bodies to discourage preditors to not attack them.
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There is no such thing as an "adult larva" , a larva is always immature ( a "baby"). If you mean "how is a sponge larva different...
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They don't nessessarily breath, yet they do respire. They must have oxygen because they are living animals, so every cell in the...
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Depending on the type of sponge, they can reproduce either sexually or asexually. Sexual reproduction of a sponge is when a male...
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Jiminy Sponge was a famous director. He directed Night of the Living Dead, The Shawshank Redemption and The Lord of the Rings...
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Sponges vary from size. Some are less than a centimeter (0.4 inch), while others can get to be around 6 feet tall and wide.
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water is held in the sponge until it is released. you are retarded. and perverted.Water goes through a sponge using the many...
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Sponges are very primitive so they do not have organs to respire, instead each individual cell in the sponge respires on their...
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Phylum Porifera or Sponges are the invertebrates are simple animals,live in water,cannot move from one place to another and have...
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They EAT plankton Sponges use collar cells to move H20 therefore trapping food particles. They do not EAT WATER!
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Sexual reproduction of a sponge Sponges do not give birth or hatch from an egg. A sponge has both sperm and egg cell. The sponge...
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All sponges are assymmetrical.
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The red beard sponge is found in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Yes, spores or spicules(same thing) it holds the body together so ther like bones in our body
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no they are neither deuterostome nor prostome because they dont have an alimentary canal. so how can they be any of them?...
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No! it doesn't feed on plants. An example is a sponge. They don't feed on plants, they feed on little bacteria and plankton...
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The word "Tepid" means "warm".
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There are believed to be at least 5,000 species of marine sponge. The following list includes a variety of interesting, but true,...
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They have no specific type of symmetry. this is because they have irregular shapes and sizes.
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One way that sponges are useful: As living animals, they filter the water that they live in. They make their living by taking in,...
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In arthropods circulatory,nervous,reproductive systems are present which is not in sponges.Arthropods are triploblastic animal...
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Adult sponges, yes, are stationary. They are anchored firmly to hard surfaces - rocks or coral - and feed through siphoning water...
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A sponge gets its oxygen from the water. The oxygen moves from the water to the sponge by a process called diffusion. Diffusion...
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Sponges are the simplest form of an animal. They are what scientists call an "evolutionary dead-end". This means that they didn't...
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i believe they use decomposed vaginal discharge, I'm not sure tho but i see to remember bear grylls mentioning it went he used...
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Sponges are sessile organisms during their adulthood, meaning they do not move. To feed, sponges have adapted a process known as...
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well it depends on the size of the sponge say if u ate a mouth full all u would get are some bad stomach cramps and diaria but if...
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Sponges transform by sucking in water, like if you put a sponge in a bowl full of water, some of the water will get sucked in the...
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They're said to be appeared about 570 millions years ago.
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There are more than 8,000 species. You would need to be more specific.
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Most glass sponges can grow to about 10 feet (3 metres) in diameter and over 7 feet (2 metres) tall.
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poriffera ;its 'porifera' according to the correct sites!
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your bathroom. Phylum porifera is a sponge
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chemical mechinism. REALEASING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER TO THE ATTACKER AND KILLS OR HURTS THE ATTACKER SO IT WILL EITHER DIE, OR...
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The Boring Yellow Sponge: Gaylord Stuart McIrvington, lives in Witchitaw Lake, Wisconsin and is a professional "put glue on your...
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Answerthat is a scientific name. its latin. it's scientific name is pore-bearing animals.
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