anatomy
Another name for the sponge's internal cavity.
What is Spongocoel
What color is the Giant Barrel Sponge?
redish brown
The process of a sponge reproducing sexually.
What is synchronous spawning?
A diverse Sponge population can affect what on a corral reef.
Water Quality
The scientific name for the giant barrel sponge.
What is Xestospongia Muta?
True OR False?
The Ostia provides structural support for maintaining the vertical body position.
FALSE- that is the spiculas.
How large are Giant Barrel Sponges?
6 feet across, 10 feet high
Why do they draw water through their walls?
To filter out food particles.
What do sponges provide for other species.
Food and habitat
The Phylum for the giant barrel sponge.
What are sponges?
True OR False
Giant Barrel Sponges are asymmetrical.
TRUE
How long do Giant Barrel Sponges live?
2,000 years
How do Giant Barrel Sponges defend themselves?
release chemicals
What looses habitat and food if Giant barrel sponges die.
Fish
The class for the giant barrel sponge
What is the demo sponge?
The inner layer of the sponge.
What is Endoderm
How much water does a Giant Barrel Sponge filter?
over a thousand gallons of water
True or False sponges are able to move?
false
True or false
Giant barrel sponges are bad for coral reefs
False
The order for the giant barrel sponge.
What is Haplosclerida
Purpose of the Collar Cells.
What is filtering out food particles and taking them into the cells for digestion?
What is the cone-shaped cavity at the apex known as?
the osculum
One of the processes of a sponge reproducing acesexually.
What is Fragmentation OR Gemmules OR Budding?
What disease threatens the giant barrel sponge.
Sponge Orange band disease.
The family for the giant barrel sponge
What is Petrosiidae