SpongesPorifera

By: Shayna Dicker, Hannah Duminske, John Mark Miller, and

Isaac Bianco

•Most live in salt water• Some live in fresh water rivers, lakes, and streams

Where do they live?

• Babies swim through the water with flagella• Some adults get moved by being washed away by waves• Adults never move; they are sessile

How do they move?

• Has many body openings called pores & one central cavity

Number & Names of body openings

• Asymmetrical

Type of symmetry

• Saltwater sponges - red, orange, yellow, or blue• Freshwater sponges - dull brown or green

Body

• Extract food from water, pulled through its pores• Diet consists of bacteria, protists,

algae, and other materials

How and what they eat?

• Extract oxygen from the water through pores

How they get oxygen

• Release sperm into water• Sperm floats until they are drawn

into another sponge• Will also use asexual

reproduction (regeneration)

Reproduction