PORIFERA

Kelsey Burkett

Classification:
phyla-Porifera
Class-Spongin
Kingdom-Animalia
Domian-Eukaryotes

Commercial
Bath Sponges

ORIGINAL
LOCATIONS
ON
EARTH
(Wikipedia
source)
DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS
OF
PHYLA
CLASS 
Fossils
of
glass
sponges
have
been
found
from
around

Characteris*cs
of
porifera
phyla
is
gathered
together
because
they
are
pore
 540
million
years
ago
in
rocks
in
Australia,
China
and

bearing.
Sponges
use
pores
for
respira*on
as
well
as
to
get
food.
In
order
to
 Mongolia.
Calcium
carbonate
spicules
of
calcareous

classify
in
the
spongin
class,
the
sponges
must
be
marine.
However
a
common
 sponges
have
been
found
in
Early
Cambrian
rocks

similarity
is
that
the
species
in
this
class
have
a
skeleton
made
of
interlocking,
 from
about
530
to
523
million
years
ago
in
Australia.

flexible
fibers
of
collagen.
 Freshwater
sponges
appear
to
be
much
younger,
as

CLOSE
RELATIVES the
earliest
known
fossils
date
from
the
Mid‐Eocene

Sponges
really
don’t
have
close
rela*ves.
They
are
pore
bearing
and
many
types
 period
about
48
to
40
million
years
ago.
Although

of
animals
have
pores
but
none
are
really
similar
like
the
sponge
is. about
90%
of
modern
sponges
are
demosponges,

PRESENT
LOCATIONS
ON
EARTH fossilized
remains
of
this
type
are
less
common
than

Sponges
adapt
the
best
with
extremely
watery
areas.
Oceans
are
their
homes.
 those
of
other
types
because
their
skeletons
are

Sponges
can
be

found
in
the
Gulf
of
Mexico,
Caribbean,
and
Mediterranean
seas.
 composed
of
rela*vely
soI
spongin
that
does
not

HABITAT fossilize
well.
The
habitat
of
a
sponge
depends
on
the
sponge
itself.
A
sponge
can
take
in

different
amounts
of
water
based
on
whats
in
the
water.
If
the
water
has
hard
or
 REASONS
FOR
RELOCATION

soI
sediments
determines
where
it
can
live
too.
If
a
sponge
is
not
cut
out
for
hard
 Most
sponges
will
spend
all
their
life
in
one
place.

sediments
flowing
through
it’s
pores,
chances
are
it
isn’t Sponges
are
created
and
grow
res*ng
in
the
same


going
to
survive
in
salt
water.
Therefore,
it
belongs
in
freshwater.
From
there
it
 place
since
their
first
day
of
life.
would
mean
that
par*cular
sponge
is
a
class
of
Spongin.
ADAPTATIONS ROUTINES
OR
NICHE,

Sponge’s
skeleton
types
allow
them
to
live
in
either
hard
or
soI
sediments.
Their
 The
rou*ne
of
a
sponge
is
not
very
exci*ng.
As
i
have

pores
allow
them
to
filter
the
water
around
them
for
food.
Inside
the
sponge
are
 already
stated,
sponges
do
not
move
around.
They
are

flagella
that
create
currents
so
the
collar
cells
may
trap
food.
The
colors
of
the
 des*ned
to
remain
in
one
place
for
all
their
life.
They

sponge
allow
them
to
adapt
because
scien*st
believe
their
colors
protect
them
 take
in
water
and
par*cles
in
the
water
for
food
but

from
the
sun’s
UV
rays
depending
on
how
close
they
are
to
the
surface.
Sponges
 they
can’t
go
get
it,
or
chase
it,
or
search
for
it.
They

can
also
release
a
toxic
substance
used
as
a
defense
method
against
predators.
 have
a
very
slow
life.
REPRODUCTION
Sponges
reproduce
sexually
and
asexually.
Most
sponges
are
both
male
and
 POSITION
IN
THE
FOOD
CHAIN
female.
Some
cells
in
the
sponge
become
sperm
which
then
shed
into
the
water.
 Sponges
do
not
really
hold
a
place
in
the
food
chain
as 

From
their
the
sperm
can
enter
a
different
sponge
where
it
is
then
transferred
to
 far
as
others
hun*ng
them.
They
however
can
get

the
embedded
egg.
The
fer*lized
egg
forms
into
a
simple
larva.
The
larva
 microorganisms
such
as
algae
and
bacteria
for
food

eventually
breaks
out
and
swims
for
a
few
hours
before
they
seNle
to
the
boNom
 through
openings.
Some
sponges
are
carnivorous
and

where
they
begin
growing
into
a
new
sponge. use
their
spicules
to
capture
small
crustaceans.

I
used
wikipedia
as
my
source.

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