PPT-Sponges Sponges are a diverse group of common types, with about 5000 species known across

Sponges are primarily marine but around 150 species live in fresh water Sponges have cellularlevel organization meaning that that their cells are specialized so that different cells perform different functions. 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.. Porifera. Porifera. “Pore-bearing”. Over 4,000 species. Mostly marine. Classification. Kingdom Animalia. Plant-like in appearance. Lack some typical animal . characteristics. Distinct tissues. Dead end phylum. BSC 2011L. Kingdom Animalia. All animals are multicelluar and heterotrophic . Some means of locomotion. Always diploid. Animal Taxonomy. Domain . Eukarya. Kingdom . Animalia. Invertebrates. Parazoa. – no true tissue layers. Kingdom . Animalia. Phylum . Porifera. Vase sponge. Porifera. Porifera. means “pore-bearing” and refers to the numerous pores and channels that permeate a sponge’s body.. P. hylum . Porifera. . 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.. Chapter 6, Zoology. Phylum . Porifera. Pronounced (. po. -. rif. '-. er. -a). The name means “bearing pores”. Sponges are made up of . a system. of tiny . pores and canals. that make up a intricate . Sponges are a diverse group of common types, with about 5000 species known across the world. . 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.. 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 . Venus’s Flower Basket w/ . Wedding Shrimp. Porifera. I. Considered simple animals as they consist of many cell types with special . functions. & they lack . tissues . and . organs. . . II. Their skeleton can be composed from . Vase Sponge. (. Ircinia. . campana. ). Tube Sponge. (. Callyspongia. . vaginalis. ). Learning Goals. : . I can label the anatomy of a sea sponge.. I can differentiate between the types of sea sponges..