what phylum do sponges belong to?
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All sponges belong to Phylum Porifera
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The animals from this phylum are called sponges.
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Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the\nocean would be if that didn't happen. -- Steven Wright
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Sponges (from Latin porus "pore" and ferre "to bear") are animals of the phylum Porifera. They are primitive, sessile, mostly marine, waterdwelling filter feeders that pump water through their matrix to filter out particulates of food matter. Sponges are among the simplest of animals. With no true tissues (parazoa), they lack muscles, nerves, and internal organs. Their similarity to colonial choanoflagellates shows the probable evolutionary jump from unicellular to multicellular organisms. There are over 5,000 modern species of sponges known, and they can be found attached to surfaces anywhere from the intertidal zone to as deep as 8,500 m (29,000 feet) or further. Though the fossil record of sponges dates back to the Precambrian era, new species are still commonly discovered.\n\nThe structure of a sponge is simple: it is shaped like a tube, with one end stuck to a rock or other object and an open end, the osculum, open to the environment. The spongocoel, or interior of the sponge, is composed of walls perforated with microscopic pores that allow water to flow through the spongocoel.
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Depends what you mean. From a utility point of view, yes it certainly is. Sponges have been made from sponge, from cork and from loofahs. Today most sponges are made form plastic. So by that standard it's a sponge.\n\n\nIn biological terms no, it's not. A sponge is an animal that lives in the sea. A loofah is the dried remnants of a type of squash. It's a vegetable.
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you can go on the internet and plug in the search bar "Kingdom Protista" or "phylums of protista.
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Kingdom:   Animalia \nPhylum:   Chordata\nSubphylum:   Vertebrata\nClass:   Mammalia\nOrder:   Primates\nFamily:   Hominidae\nGenus:   Homo\nSpecies:   sapiens
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Three major factors:\n\n1: Lack of symmetry. Sponges simply grow, plant like, to suit their environment. They have neither radial nor bilateral symmetry.\n\n2)Lack of tissues and organs. Sponges have some specialised cell types, but those cells are scattered more or less at random over the body. The cells aren't arranged into co-operative organ and tissue systems as they are in higher animals.\n\n3)The similarity of the choanocytes to choanoflagellates. There is no clear dividing line between the primary functional cells of sponges and the single-celled choanoflagellates.
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kingdom animalia consits of some phylums. they are\nporifera (sponge)\ncoelentrata (jellyfish)\nplatyhelmintes \nnemathelmintes \nanellida (earthworms, leech)\nmollusca (SHELLS, OYSTERS AND SQUIDS)\narthropoda (crabs, insect, centipide)\nechinodermata (spine skinned animal)\nchordata (animals that have bones)
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Kingdom: Animalia\nPhylum: Cnidaria\nClass: Scyphozoa\n\nThis is true for all jellyfish. After that they split up into several Orders:\n\nStauromedusae\nCoronatae\nSemaeostomeae\nRhizostomae\n\nHope I helped.
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Ribbonworms belong to the phylum Nemertea. \nThere are 2 classes: Class Anopla and Class Enopla.\n\nThere are also are 2 orders Anopla and Enopla (guess which class each of these goes in!!!!!)
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Lichens do not belong to a single taxonomical category because they're the result of a symbiosis (syn=together + bios= life) of algal (phycobiont) and fungal (mycobiont) individuals that live together and exchange mutual benefits. The algae involved may be prokaryotic (cyanobacteria -division Cyanophyta, see first link for classification) or photosynthetic eukaryotic algae(division Chlorophyta). The fungi belong to the Ascomycota.
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Yea they're cute,I'll get y more info just give me a sec OK\nBottle-nosed dolphins\n\nKingdom: Animalia\n \nPhylum: Chordata\n \nClass: Mammalia\n \nOrder: Cetacea\n \nFamily: Delphinidae\n \nGenus: Tursiops\n \nSpecies: T. truncatus\n \nMore info check www.wiwkipedia.org Good luck!
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Kingdom: Animalia\n \nPhylum: Chordata\n \nClass: Mammalia\n \nOrder: Primates\n \nFamily: Hominidae\n \nGenus: Gorilla\n \nSpecies: gorilla and beringei (there are 2 species)
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Domain: Eukaryote\nKingdom: Animalia\nPhylum: Chordata\nClass: Mammalia\nOrder: Carnivora\nFamily: Ursidae\nGenus: Ailuropoda\nMilne-Edwards, 1870\nSpecies: A. melanoleuca\nBinomial name\nAiluropoda melanoleuca
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Within a sponge, there is an intriguing body structure. While the sponge functions as a unified organism, each cell is a division of its own mini-organism. Essentially, a sponge is a combination of billions of cells that function together. Within the body of the sponge, several processes occur which are vital to its welfare. Most importantly, sponges conduct the processes of respiration, digestion, protection, development, and reproduction. \n\nAll of these processes are generated by the consistent filtration of the water encompassing it. Through an intricate system of incurrent and afferent ducts, it processes food, oxygen, and other useful materials. The exterior layer of skin is covered in pinacocytes, which open the afferent ducts. In addition, the afferent ducts allow water to be transferred through the porocytes. The functions of the afferent ducts are regulated by the myocytes, muscular cells that permit them to open and close. After this the water travels through the incurrent ducts. \n\nWithin the system of incurrent ducts, water is processed for useful materials. The interior layer of tissue forces the water through the ostioles into chambers lined with choanae and flagellates. Eventually, water is directed towards the atrial cavity. After the water is processed through the atrial cavity and removed of a sufficient amount of oxygen, it is released through the osculum. The osculum is a relatively maximized opening in the body of the sponge. At this point in filtration, waste water will be ejected.
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Phylum, Arthropoda; Class, Insecta; Order, Orthoptera