PPT-Introduction to Sponges

Porifera Porifera Porebearing Over 4000 species Mostly marine Classification Kingdom Animalia Plantlike in appearance Lack some typical animal characteristics Distinct tissues Dead end phylum. By Tim Allen, Tim Kang, . Niko. Escanilla, and Paul Woo. Sponges. Phylum = Porifera. Scientific name = . Calcareous. sponge. Common Name = Yellow Calcareous Sponge. Sponges. Phylum = . Porifera. Scientific name = . Phylum: . Porifera. Sponge Characteristics. Simplest animal. Live in all oceans but prefer shallow tropical waters.. Sessile. Asymmetrical body plan. Filter feeders – can filter several thousand liters a day.. EJERCICIO 7. 113-120(EDITION 14. TH. ). 109-119 . (EDITION 15. TH). . Goals for today. Learn to recognized the Phylum . Porifera . from other animals. Learn the main . ‘. diagnostic. ’. characteristics. What characteristics do all animals share?. Members of kingdom . Animalia. , . multicellular. , eukaryotic . heterotrophs. , lack cell walls. Invertebrates- animals that do not have a backbone. 95% of all animal species. Sponges. Kingdom. Animalia. Phylum. Porifera. Sponges. Sessile. Don’t move. No specialized tissues or organs. Asymmetrical. Sponges . Body Structure. Vase-wall around a hollow tube. Closed at the bottom and open at the top. Phylum: . Porifera. Sponge Characteristics. Simplest animal. Live in all oceans but prefer shallow tropical waters.. Sessile. Asymmetrical body plan. Filter feeders – can filter several thousand liters a day.. http://thumbnails.visually.netdna-cdn.com/the-great-tree-of-life_505ba0c07cda2.gif. Figure 26.1 Some major episodes in the history of life. Figure 26.15 Whittaker’s five-kingdom system. Figure 26.16 Our changing view of biological diversity. . MARINE SPONGE. Hint : THE TEXTURE OF A SYNTHETIC SPONGE IS SIMILAR TO A MARINE SPONGE. WRITE OBSERVATIONS ON BOARD. SPONGES. INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES SPONGES. th. Grade Biology. Sponges. S. ponges are the simplest form of multi-cellular animals. A sponge is a bottom-dwelling creature which attaches itself to something solid in a place where it can find enough food to grow. The scientific name for sponges is ". Sponge Characteristics. Simplest animal. Live in all oceans but prefer shallow tropical waters.. Sessile. Asymmetrical body plan. Filter feeders – can filter several thousand liters a day.. Sponge Anatomy. Porifera,Cnidarians,Rotifera. By: Amin Syed and Marwa Saleh. PORIFERA- THE SPONGES. Sponges lack . symmetry but very few small sponges are radially . symmetrical. Poriferas . are multicellular which means that their cells are specialized for different functions of the . Section 28.1. Sponges. Sponges were once classified as plants. Asymmetrical. Lack tissues and organs. Cell recognition makes. them animals. The Simplest Animals. Sponges belong to Phylum . Porifera. System of pores. Topic: Invertebrates Definition and Characteristics. B.Ed. (. Hons. ) Secondary. Semester IV. Subject: Biology IV(minor). Course Title: Invertebrates Diversity. Represented By: Ms Sidra . Younis. Department of Education(Planning and Development). Sponges are primarily marine, but around 150 species live in fresh water. . Sponges have cellular-level organization, meaning that that their cells are specialized so that different cells perform different functions..