Grantia

Question 1

Subkingdom
Phylum
Common name

Answer 1

Parazoa
Porifera
Sponge

Question 2

Habitat

Answer 2

Coast lines if North Atlantic
Attached to rocks

Question 3

Food/energy

Answer 3

Filter feeding - flagellated cells to draw in nourishment

Question 4

Skeletal type

Answer 4

Spicules made of calcium carb. Or silica form the skeleton
No true tissue/organs
Proteins called spongin

Question 5

Adaptations

Answer 5

Flagellated cells

Stalk attaches so it doesnt float away

Spicules act as defense

Question 6

Sexual reproduction

Answer 6

Sperm released into water
Sperm swims to other sponges
Zygote>embryo(in parent sponge)> flagellated larva> spongocael
Swims away

Question 7

Asexual reproduction

Answer 7

Fragmentation
If a tube breaks off it can form a new colony

Question 8

Size range
Symmetrical?

Answer 8

0.5cm-2m
No obvious symmetry

Question 9

Name of internal cavity

Answer 9

Spongocoel

Question 10

Friends

Answer 10

Aplysina (stovepipe)
Spongilla (freshwater)

Question 11

Spongocoel function

Answer 11

Internal cavity lined with flagellated cells that draw in nourishment

Question 12

Osculum function

Answer 12

Small mouth that dumps water and waste