Porifera
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Habitat:
All depths of water.
Milestones:
Eukaryotic.
Anatomical Features:
Eating and Fleeting:
Feed on plankton and endosymbiotic algae mostly. They are preyed on by starfish, sea slugs, fish, and turtles.
Symmetry:
N/A
Mobility:
Sessile (Cannot move)
Reproduction:
Asexual by fragmentation and budding. Sexual by release of gametes into water.
Development:
Sponges in temperate regions get only a few years old. Sponges is tropical and deep sea areas can live over 200 years.
Examples:
-Aplysina fistularis
-Niphates digitalis
-Spiratrella coccinea
Other Information:
Though lacking nerves and nervous tissue, they still can coordinate their bodies.
All depths of water.
Milestones:
Eukaryotic.
Anatomical Features:
Eating and Fleeting:
Feed on plankton and endosymbiotic algae mostly. They are preyed on by starfish, sea slugs, fish, and turtles.
Symmetry:
N/A
Mobility:
Sessile (Cannot move)
Reproduction:
Asexual by fragmentation and budding. Sexual by release of gametes into water.
Development:
Sponges in temperate regions get only a few years old. Sponges is tropical and deep sea areas can live over 200 years.
Examples:
-Aplysina fistularis
-Niphates digitalis
-Spiratrella coccinea
Other Information:
Though lacking nerves and nervous tissue, they still can coordinate their bodies.
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