YELLOW TUBE SPONGE

MULTICELLULAR

HETEROTROPHIC

TUBE SPONGE

SPONGES ARE THE SIMPLEST ANIMALS.

THEY WERE ONCE CONSIDERED PLANTS

THEY ARE A MASS OF CELLS

SPONGES HAVE NO ORGANIZED TISSUES

YELLOW TUBE SPONGE

SPONGES HAVE HOLES OR PORES ALL OVER.

THEIR NAME - PORIFERA - MEANS

“PORE BEARING”

SPONGES LIVE ALMOST

EXCLUSIVELY IN THE OCEANS

MMMMM

SPONGES ARE CRUTIAL TO THE HEALTH

OF REEF ECOSYSTEMS

HUMANS HARVEST THEM FOR CLEANING,

PAINTING AND COSMETIC PURPOSES

SPONGES HAVE

SUPPORT

MATERIAL CALLED

SPICULES

SPONGES MAKE WATER

FLOW THROUGH

THEIR BODIES

THIS MEANS THAT NEW WATER IS ALWAYS

COMING INTO THE SPONGE

NEW WATER BRINGS NEW RESOURCES

WATER COMES IN THE SMALL PORES IN THE

SIDES

WATER LEAVES THROUGH THE LARGE

PORE AT THE TOP CALLED THE

OSCULUM

ELEPHANT EAR SPONGE

SONGES ARE FILTER

FEEDERS

THEY WILL EAT WHAT

EVER FLOWS

THROUGH THEM

THE COLLAR CELLS CATCH FOOD

NEW WATER BRINGS

NEW MATERIALS INCLUDING

OXYGEN WHICH

DIFFUSES DIRECTLY INTO THE

CELLS.

WATER FLOW

CARRIES CARBON DIOXIDE

AWAY

Reproduction is next, does everyone have their

permission slip?

IS BOTH SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL

GAMETES ARE CAST INTO THE OCEAN WITH THE

OUTGOING WATER FLOW

FERTILIZATION IS EXTERNAL AND

COMPLETELY BY CHANCE

SPONGES ARE JUST A BUNCH OF

CELLS

THEY HAVE NO NERVOUS

TISSUE

THEY HAVE NO SENSORY STRUCTURES

RED BORING SPONGE

BARREL SPONGE

ALL WASTES DIFFUSE

FROM CELLS INTO THE WATER

THE FLOW OF WATER REMOVES

THE WASTES

SIMPLEST ANIMALS

ONCE THOUGHT

TO BE PLANTS

NO TISSUES

FILTER FEEDERS

ALL AQUATIC

MANY WILL ENTER, FEW WILL WIN

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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY

PRODUCT ONCE HEATED MAY BE

VERY HOT

THAT NUMBER AGAIN IS

1-800-SPONGES

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