Phylum - Porifera

Sponges are animals. Yes! Spongebob is a real sea animal, and the cartoon isn't entirely fiction. Those sponges you use to wash dishes and bath, some were once alive. More so, they've been around since

Barrel sponge. A large reddish brown barrel sponge coral with open top and textu #Sponsored , #sponsored, #Paid, #large, #Barrel, #brown, #reddish

Phylum Porifera are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through them, consisting of jelly-like mesohyl sandwiched between two thin layers of cells.

Sea sponge

Adult sponges are attaches to surfaces which makes them sessile.

Esponja incrustante

I just liked this little scene; nice texture on the sponge too. To the right is a brown algae; some species are actually purple. The brown edges are calcium carbonate that the algae uses to make itself distasteful

Flower urcin

sponges are bottom dwelling organisms

No es cuadrada, ni vive en una piña debajo del mar; es la esponja marina real

scuba diving in the Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve in New Zealand