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PowerPoint Presentation 15 points = 30% 5-7 slides Title (Group, animal, and you) General Traits Group (body, movement, senses, special traits) Reproduction/life cycle Roles in Ecosystem (food webs) Where found (range, habitat) Interesting facts… 3-5 minutes

Caribbean Barrel Sponge Xestospongia muta Karen Thamarus Porifera The Sponges Caribbean Barrel Sponge Xestospongia muta Karen Thamarus

General Features of Sponges No symmetry Simple body – no tissues Benthic organisms – all latitudes.. Polar to tropical Spicules- small skeletal cells in sponges

Typical Sponge Reproduction Asexual – budding Sexual - Sperm released into water Fertilizes egg cells in sponge “wall” Larva released

Ecosystem Roles Filter feeder Captures plankton that flows through pores Also provides very important habitat for other species Symbiosis with cyanobacteria Habitat provider

Caribbean Barrel Sponge Range Tropical Caribbean reefs from Bermuda to Florida and into Gulf of Mexico ...

Interesting Facts Some are over 2000 years old. Up to 2 meters tall only reproduce sexually. Male and female sponges External fertilization

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