Joaquina Otero, Sasha Lusicic, Felipe Vilaseca & Jacob Windover Y11

PORIFERAS
(SPONGES)
LINNAEUS CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

SYMMETRY
Bodies are asymmetrical in shape and they are always aquatic

SEGMENTATION
Do not have a nervous or circulatory system

May form a skeleton of calcium carbonate or silica

Calcareous Porifera

(skeleton of calcium

carbonate)
Siliceous

Porifera

DIGESTIVE TRACK
Bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate

No mouth or anus

Filter the water for plankton as food without a digestive system

SPECIAL FEATURES
Sexual rep. - hermaphroditic (produce both male & female

gametes)

Only release one of the gametes at one time --> must mix with

other type of gamete from another individual - INCREASES

GENETIC VARIATION

Asexual reproduction through budding (where a piece of the

sponge grows, breaks off and attaches elsewhere to complete

its life cycle)

EXAMPLES

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siral

Glass sponge

Sources of information
Kognity book section 5.3

https://slideplayer.com/slide/10411461/

https://www.rampfesthudson.com/what-type-of-

segmentation-does-porifera-have/