Sponge Anatomy

What is the translation of the Phylum Porifera?

• Stinging cells
• Filter feeders
• Soft bodied
• Pore bearing

Hard fibers that provide a sponge structural support

• Spicules
• Bones
• Cartilage
• Ossicles

Attached to one spot their entire adult life is referred to as

• Stuck
• Medusa
• Bipinnaria
• Sessile

Sponges are:

• Unicellular & prokaryotic
• Multicellular & eukaryotic
• Unicellular & eukaryotic
• Multicellular & prokaryotic

Sponges have this type of symmetry

• Unilateral
• Bilateral
• Radial
• Asymmetric

The immature stage of an organism

• Larva
• Nekton
• Benthic
• Sessile

Which is NOT a Cnidarian?

• Jellyfish
• Anemones
• Sea Urchin
• Corals

Anemones and Corals are in which kingdom?

• Protista
• Cubozoa
• Animalia
• Cnidaria

Some Cnidarians can reproduce asexually by:

• Expelling gametes
• Internal fertilization
• External fertiliztion
• Budding

The elastic fibrous protein found in sponges is called .....

• mesohyl
• spicules
• spongin
• tissue