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Phylum Porifera

Phylum Porifera. By Alexander Bennett, Andrew Gutierrez, Brandon Davis, and Daniel Pickett. Characteristics. This phylum has no backbone (invertebrates) Can reproduce both sexual and asexual All live in Water Sessile organism(Attach to one spot and do not move at all). More Characteristics.

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Phylum Porifera

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  1. Phylum Porifera By Alexander Bennett, Andrew Gutierrez, Brandon Davis, and Daniel Pickett

  2. Characteristics • This phylum has no backbone (invertebrates) • Can reproduce both sexual and asexual • All live in Water • Sessile organism(Attach to one spot and do not move at all)

  3. More Characteristics • Filter feeding( Specialized cells known as pore cells.) • These cells allows the sponge to eat microorganism like zooplankton and any other single celled organism. • No tissues yet has cells( Collection of Cells) • Spicules (Needlelike spines made of hard minerals such as calcium or silicon) • Never change as much.

  4. Examples Basket Sponge Tube Sponge Vase Sponge Yellow Sponge Red Tree Sponge Pipe Organ Blue Sponge

  5. Vase Sponge Porous Cells

  6. Work sited • McDougal Littell Life science textbook

  7. Thank you For Watching the Sponges

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