HEY THERE
KIDS!
I’M
SPONGE BOB
SQUARE PANTS.
LET’S LOOK AT
SOME SPONGES!
WIDE VIEW OF SPONGES
sponges
RMFLA
PURPLE TUBE SPONGES
RMCUR
BARREL
SPONGE
BASIC CHARACTERISTICS
• PORIFERA MEANS – “PORE BEARING”
• SIMPLEST ANIMALS – NO SYMMETRY
• NO TISSUES, NO ORGANS
• NO OUTWARD MOVEMENT AS ADULTS
• PERMANENTLY ATTACHED TO BOTTOM
(PLANT LIKE)
• FILTER FEEDERS – COLLECT PLANKTON,
ALGAE, BACTERIA, DETRITUS
TUBE SPONGE ON WALL
Dan
RMCUR
YELLOW TUBE SPONGE
RMJA
PURPLE
VASE
SPONGE
BASIC BODY FORM/ORGANIZATION
1. 0SCULUM –
LARGE EXCURRENT PORE
1
2
3
2. OSTIA -SMALL INCURRENT PORES
33. INNER CHAMBER -COLLAR CELLS LINE
CHAMBER, ABSORB O2
& NUTRIENTS
PURPLE TUBE SPONGE
Osculum
RMBON
ENCRUSTING SPONGE
Ostia
RMJA
HOME SWEET HOME
RMJA
BARREL SPONGE
RMCUR
BARREL SPONGE
RMCUR
ORGANIZATION OF SPONGES
SUPPORT STRUCTURES CALLED SPICULES
SPICULES ARE SPLINTER
LIKE STRUCTURES
SPICULES ARE MADE OF
CALCIUM CARBONATE OR
SILICON DIOXIDE
SPICULES ARE UNIQUE
IN EACH SPECIES
SPONGE WITH SPICULES
RMJA
FLAME SPONGE
RMJA
BROWN FINGER SPONGE
RMCUR
COLLAR CELLS
1
1. FLAGELLA - CREATE
WATER CURRENTS
2. COLLAR - TRAP FOOD
PARTICLES
2
3
3. CELL BODY - ENGULFS
& DIGESTS FOOD
COLLAR CELLS
LINE CHAMBERS
WATER ENTERS
OSTIA ON SIDES &
EXITS THROUGH
OSCULUM AT TOP
HOW SPONGES FEED
WATER IS DRAWN INTO THE
SPONGE BY THE FLAGELLA.
WATER IN
WATER IN
WATER OUT
COLLARS TRAP FOOD
CELL BODIES ABSORB
FOOD & O2
WASTE WATER LEAVES
THROUGH THE OSCULUM
GREEN
FINGER
SPONGE
RMJA
LOGGERHEAD SPONGE
RMJA
“BLUE” SPONGE
RMJA
“ORANGE” SPONGE
RMBON
PURPLE TUBE SPONGE
RMJA
SMOOTH TUBE SPONGE
RMJA
FIRE SPONGE
CALCAREOUS SPONGES
VERY SMALL
SPONGES OUT
SPICULES MADE
OF CALCIUM
CARBONATE
SPICULES ARE
SEPARATE &
UNSUPPORTIVE
SILICA SPONGES
LARGE SPONGES
OUT
“GLASS” SPONGES
OUT
SPICULES MADE OF
SILICON DIOXIDE
SPICULES
FUSED & OFFER
SUPPORT
ELASTIC SPONGES
“BATH” SPONGES
OUT
NO SPICULES
ELASTIC FIBERS
CALLED SPONGIN
OFFER SUPPORT
OFTEN CLEANED
& DRIED FOR
COMMERCIAL USES
DEAD MAN’S FINGERS
GUN POWDER SPONGE
RED BEARD SPONGE
BREAD CRUMB SPONGE
RMNY
BREAD CRUMB SPONGE
VELVETY RED ENCRSUTING SPONGE
ORANGE ENCRUSTING SPONGE
RMJA
CRAZY SPONGE FACTS
SPONGES REPRODUCE ASEXAULLY BY
BREAKING OF BRANCHES OR BUDS
SPONGES REPRODUCE SEXAULLY BY
PRODUCING GAMETES WHICH ARE RELEASED
INTO THE WATER
CRAZY SPONGE FACTS
PUT A SPONGE IN A BLENDER & IT WILL REFORM!
OF COURSE, IT WON’T LOOK THE SAME.
HEY KIDS,
WASN’T THAT
FUN!
I JUST LOVE
SPONGES.
HAVE A
GREAT DAY!