Pictures of Sponges
Kingdom….AnimalPhylum…Porifera
Sessile……when an adult Porous bodies Aquatic environment Filter feeders Water pollution indicators Radial or asymmetric symmetry Most primitive and simplest animal
Yes…There are more
Sexual reproduction
Asexual Reproduction…budding
Many are colonial
More General Characteristics
One large top opening
Examples of Sponges
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Kingdom…AnimalPhylum…CnidarianGeneral Characteristics
Stinging cells and tentacles
Partially sessile
One opening to take in food and excrete waste (MOUTH)
More General Characteristics
Habitat ….. fresh and ocean waters
Reproduction sexual
Reproduction asexual…budding
Can be hermaphroditic or separate sexes
More Characteristics
Two Body forms….polyp and medusa
Soft bodies
Radial Symmetry
Primative tissues
Polyp Forms
Medusa Form
Insides of a hydra
Sea AnemoneFlowers of the Sea
Cnidarians insides
Budding Hydra
Ecology
Food for other organisms Sponge…pollution indicator Habitat for smaller organisms