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"Pore" + "Bearer" By Kendal and Tyson
Porifera "Pore" + "Bearer" By Kendal and Tyson
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General Description Aquatic invertebrate that is made up of sponge.
Made of a jelly-like substance between two layers of cells. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.
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Symmetry Porifera are most commonly asymmetrical but can also have radial symmetry.
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Feeding Mostly detritivores that eat organic debris particles and microscopic life forms suck water through their pores which have food particles that they separate and eat, making them a filter feeder. Choanocyte, Cells with small flagellum, are on the inside of the sponge and help to capture food that flows through the sponge. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND.
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Circulation Circulate oxygen through diffusion from the water around them. Water is pushed through an osculum a large aperture in the sponge.
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Excretion The cells of the organism release waste products, then the water flowing through the organism takes the waste away.
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Responses Do not have a nervous system
Secrete toxins to keep potential predators away.
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Movement Sessile: or fixed in one place. They do not travel or move.
Each of the small or sharp- pointed structures of calcite or silica that make up the skeleton are called spicules. Collagen makes up the structure and is a protein that makes up connective tissues.
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Reproduction Reproducing asexually is achieved by budding which is new sponges growing out of adult sponges Reproducing sexually normally means that they are hermaphroditic
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Respiration Sponges do not have any respiratory organs, they get oxygen through diffusion.
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Examples Demospongiae 90% of the world's sponges asymmetrical
Hexactinellida "Glass sponges" Calcarea skeletons are made of calcium carbonate This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA. This Photo by Unknown author is licensed under CC BY-SA.
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