Parrot fish
What phylum is the parrot fish
Chordate
What phylum is the demosponge
Porifera
What phylum is the giant clam
Mollusca
What phylum is the fire coral
Cnidaria
What phylum is the sea cucumber
Echinoderm
how and what does a parrotfish eat
By scraping the algae off the coral
how and what does a Demosponge eat
By filter feeding and feed on bacteria and other small organisms
how and what does a giant clam eat
By filter feeding on plankton and other small prey that swim nearby
how and what does a fire coral eat
by sifting the water with their tentacles and feeding mainly on zooplankton or phytoplankton
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how and what does a sea cucumber eat
By scavenging and feeding on small food items on the sea floor
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How does a parrotfish reproduce
This species reproduces through a behavior known as broadcast spawning, where females release eggs and males release sperm into the water column above the reef, at the same time.
How does a demosponge reproduce
Methods of asexual reproduction include both budding and the formation of gemmules .
How does a giant clam reproduce
Giant clams reproduce via external fertilization, an event that involves clams releasing eggs and sperm into the water column. Individuals can release both eggs and sperm but cannot self-fertilize.
how does a fire coral reproduce
The Fire coral goes through sexual reproduction by alternation of generations, when conditions are right the polyp releases a medusa, the free flowing form that releases its eggs into the water stream which another male medusa comes to fertilize and a planula is formed.
how does a sea cucumber reproduce
sea cucumber eggs undergo external fertilization—females release eggs into the water that are fertilized when they come into contact with sperm that males have released.
What is the parrotfishes daily activities
90% of their day eating algae off coral reefs.
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What is demosponges parrotfish daily activities
They filter feed and reproduce
What is the giant clam daily activities
collects and eats plankton from the water.
What is the fire coral daily activities
Stay where they settle eat and reproduce
What is the sea cucumber daily activities
As the scoot around the seafloor, eating and pooping, sea cucumbers help distribute nutrients and remove excess organic matter from the sediment and water.
Describe the parrotfishes body
elongated, usually rather blunt-headed and deep-bodied
Describe the demosponge body
They are sponges with a soft body that covers a hard, often massive skeleton made of calcium carbonate, either aragonite or calcite. They are predominantly leuconoid in structure.
Describe the giant clam body
have four or five large, inward, vertical folds in their thick, heavy shell. The shell does not have scutes and consists of two valves. Once they are fully grown they cannot close their shell completely.
Describe the fire coral body
Fire coral has several common growth forms; these include branching, plate, and encrusting and are a bright yellow-green and brown skeletal covering
Describe the sea cucumber body
Their body shape is similar to a cucumber, but they have small tentacle-like tube feet