1. Pictures of Sponges

2. Kingdom….Animal Phylum…Porifera  Sessile……when an adult  Porous bodies  Aquatic environment  Filter feeders  Water pollution indicators  Radial or asymmetric symmetry  Most primitive and simplest animal

3. Yes…There are more  Sexual reproduction  Asexual Reproduction…budding  Many are colonial

4. More General Characteristics   One large top opening

5. Examples of Sponges

6. More Sponge Examples

8. Kingdom…Animal Phylum…Cnidarian General Characteristics  Stinging cells and tentacles  Partially sessile  One opening to take in food and excrete waste (MOUTH)

9. More General Characteristics  Habitat ….. fresh and ocean waters  Reproduction sexual  Reproduction asexual…budding  Can be hermaphroditic or separate sexes

10. More Characteristics  Two Body forms….polyp and medusa  Soft bodies  Radial Symmetry  Primative tissues

11. Polyp Forms

12. Medusa Form

13. Insides of a hydra

19. Sea Anemone Flowers of the Sea

21. Cnidarians insides

23. Budding Hydra

25. Ecology  Food for other organisms  Sponge…pollution indicator  Habitat for smaller organisms