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    Sponges are invertebrate organisms from the kingdom Porifera that live in aquatic environments like the sea. They have a porous structure with holes that allow water to flow through to breathe and feed by filtering out bacteria and plankton. Sponges reproduce both sexually by releasing eggs and sperm or asexually by budding or gemmules that develop into new sponges. As filter feeders, they obtain nutrients from organic matter and microorganisms circulating in the water through their body.

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    Sponges are invertebrate organisms from the kingdom Porifera that live in aquatic environments like the sea. They have a porous structure with holes that allow water to flow through to breathe and feed by filtering out bacteria and plankton. Sponges reproduce both sexually by releasing eggs and sperm or asexually by budding or gemmules that develop into new sponges. As filter feeders, they obtain nutrients from organic matter and microorganisms circulating in the water through their body.

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    Sponges are invertebrate organisms from the kingdom Porifera that live in aquatic environments like the sea. They have a porous structure with holes that allow water to flow through to breathe and feed by filtering out bacteria and plankton. Sponges reproduce both sexually by releasing eggs and sperm or asexually by budding or gemmules that develop into new sponges. As filter feeders, they obtain nutrients from organic matter and microorganisms circulating in the water through their body.

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    SPONGES

    Alicia Garcia Huidobro 1ºB


    GENERAL INFORMATION
    • Kingdom porifera (invertebrate)
    • Sessile
    • It have choanocytes
    Structure
    RESPIRATION
    • The sponges breathe by the hole they have
    • They all have holes because that’s the more
    iportant part
    Reproduction
    • They reproduce asxually
    • Sponges reproduce by both asexual and sexual
    means. Most poriferans that reproduce by
    sexual means are hermaphroditic and
    produce eggs and sperm at different times. ...
    Sponges that reproduce asexually produce
    buds or, more often, gemmules, which are
    packets of several cells of various types inside
    a protective covering.
    •
    Nutrition
    • Basically sponges are filter feeders that feed
    on organic matter, bacteria and small
    planktonic organisms that are in suspension
    in the water that circulates inside their body.
    Habitat
    • Sea
    • They are capable of living at great
    depths, but can also be found in
    shallower environments.

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