PORIFERA

CLASSIFICATION

• Kingdom: Animalia
• Phylum: Porifera

CHARACTERISTICS

• Have pores
• Are found in fresh and salt water
• Non- motile (meaning attached)
• Filter feeders
• No nervous or digestive systems

REPRODUCTIVE

• Different species reproduce differently
• Some bud or break away and continue to grow
• Others species are both the male and female all in one

WHAT DO THEY EAT?

• Can filter 20,000 times its own volume in one day.
• They feed on bacteria and other organic material suspended in the water

ROLE IN THE ENVIROMENT

• The sponges keep nitrogen levels down
• Sponges also keep bacteria populations from getting out of control

INTERESTING FACTS

• SpongeBob Squarepants is a Porifera sponge.
• The oldest fossils on the planet are of sponges about 600 million years old.
• Individual cells digest their own food.
• Of the more than 5,000 different species of sponges, only 150 live in fresh water.

WHAT CARTOON CHARACTER IS BASED OFF OF A PORIFERA

• Squidward
• Gary
• SpongeBob
• Mr. Crabs

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