What are the features of sponges ( Phylum Porifera) and can they be classified as being apart of the animal kingdom ?

Q: Sponges (Phylum Porifera) are the basal taxon to animals and were once thought to belong to plants.…

A: Phylum Porifera contains organisms called sponges. They are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms.…

Q: Why do sponges fit the definition of animals?

A: Animals are heterotrophic, are made up of cells, are devoid of cell wall in their cells

Q: Explain how the system of pores operates in a typical sponge. What are spicules and spongins? What…

A: It is critical to learn and know the anatomy and physiology of the body. Many changes in the animal…

Q: How is a sponge’s body different from that of other animals?

A: Taxonomy is a branch of science involved with classification, particularly of organisms;…

Q: describe how the body organization of sponges differs from that of all other animals?

A: Answer: Introduction: Sponges are belonging to phylum Porifera. That are multicellular animals which…

Q: The distinction between sponges and other animal phyla is based mainly on the absence versus the…

A: Answer is d.)  tissues.

Q: Differentiate the three different body plans in sponges: Characteristics Asconoid Syconoid Leuconoid…

A: Spongiology is a branch of zoology which deals with the study of sponges. Sponges are multicellular…

Q: compare cnidarians to sponges and to the clade containing flatworms, mollusks, and annelids. What…

A: RH Whittaker gave the five-kingdom classification of living organisms. He used several factors to…

Q: Define the following terms that relate to the sponges: Spongocoel: Osculum: Choanocytes:…

A: Sponges are one of the simplest multicellular organisms that occur in the animal kingdom. They are…

Q: What are the internal and external structures together with its function of Aplacophora,…

A: Phylum Mollusca is the most abundant phylum in the aquatic system having an estimated 23% of all…

Q: Which of the following features do sponges lack that some other animals have? (a) segmented body…

A: 5 kingdom classifications is a type of classification in which living organisms are classified into…

Q: Are sponges monophyletic?

A: If a group or taxa shares or occupies the same ancestry or common ancestry that condition in…

Q: How then do sponges, cnidarians,ctenophores, and placozoans function, andwhat are the consequences…

A: The anatomical structures of organisms facilitate them to maintain diversity and ecology. It is…

Q: what phylum in animal kingdom is now reclassified as a family?

A: Biology, a phylum  is a level of classification or taxonomic rank below kingdom and above classes.…

Q: Do sponges appear to have any organs or organ systems?

A: Answer- Sponges are the most primitive type of animal in the whole kingdom.

Q: Unifying features include shell, mantle, radula, foot, visceral mass Which classes show a loss of…

A: Mollusca is the  second largest phylum of the invertebrate animals.  Answer;1    The mollusk (or…

Q: What makes sponges different from plants and fungi

A: Sponges are a basal Metazoa (animal) clade and a sister of the Diploblasts. They belong to the…

Q: Briefly describe asconoid, syconoid, and leuconoid body types in sponges

A: Sponges are multicellular organisms that belong to the phylum Porifera of the Kingdom Protista. They…

Q: What are the main classes into which the phylum is divided? What are some examples of each and in…

A: Taxonomic classification is the method of classifying different organisms based on their…

Q: What characteristics distinguish Branchiopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, Thecostraca, and Malacostraca?

A: The phylum Arthropoda has ten sub-classes namely, a) Euchelicerata b) Chilopoda c) Diplopoda d)…

Q: Order these groups in order of diversity : Phylum Porifera Phylum Cnidaria   Phylum Platyhelmenthes…

A: To order these phyla in terms of biological diversity, we'll consider the number of species, variety…

Q: Using the examples from the animals you have studied in this lab, give the differences between the…

A: Animals are classified according to a broader range of characteristics. These include, anatomy,…

Q: What are the Advancements of sponges? New anatomical, developmental or behavioral features compared…

A: The animal kingdom is vast, and all organisms of the animal kingdom cannot be studied individually.…

Q: Which phylum is characterized by a hard, flexible exoskeleton and multiple life cycles?

A: Ans. Animals from the biological Animalia kingdom, are multicellular eukaryotic organisms. Animals…

Q: Are the morphological characteristics of a sponge enough to identify it up to the genus level? Why…

A: The morphological characteristics of a sponges are used to identify it up to the genus level but…

Q: What makes sponges (poriferans) different from other animals?

A: SPONGES They are the member of phylum porifera. They are multicellular organisms having body full of…

Q: What is the reason for saying that sponges are closely related to, and probably evolved from,…

A: Sponges, which belong to the phylum Porifera, are a sister group to the Diploblasts and are a…

Q: characteristics of cnidarians:

A: Cnidarians are the earliest multicellular animals to have tissue-level organization. Common features…

Q: Compare and contrast the anatomical organizationof sponges and cnidarians. How do these…

A: both of these organisms shows simple organization ,sponges have multiple cell types while cnidarians…

Classification of Marine Organisms

Classification is a way of categorizing organisms that enables an easy process of identification of such organisms. All living things are classified by grouping them under specific categories. The grouping is done based on the close relativeness of the organisms. The classification tool requires knowledge of characteristics, differences, and similarities between different organisms.