Characteristics of Porifera:
- Simplest of all animals
- specialized ceels but no other organizational level
- most are marine
- Saltwater: Brightly colored Freshwater: Dull green
- Size: 2cm to 2meters
- Filter feeders -----> eat plankton
- Asymmetrical
- Sexual (Hermaphrodites) and Asexual (Fragmentation)
Two uses for Porifera:
1) padding for helmets
2) filters
Example:
Tube Sponge
-Lauren
- Simplest of all animals
- specialized ceels but no other organizational level
- most are marine
- Saltwater: Brightly colored Freshwater: Dull green
- Size: 2cm to 2meters
- Filter feeders -----> eat plankton
- Asymmetrical
- Sexual (Hermaphrodites) and Asexual (Fragmentation)
Two uses for Porifera:
1) padding for helmets
2) filters
Example:
Tube Sponge
-Lauren