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Sponge

Crambe (sponge)

Sponges are amazing underwater creatures that come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. They live in the ocean and help keep the water clean by filtering it.

Lebensraum: Marine

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The Sponge is a diverse aquatic animal, often appearing as an irregularly shaped, porous mass. It can be brightly colored in yellows, reds, purples, or greens, and its textured surface is covered in tiny holes. Unlike plants, it has no leaves or roots, and unlike other animals, it lacks distinct organs or moving parts.

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Sponge
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Sponge

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Some sponges create powerful natural chemicals to defend themselves from predators.

Sponges are the oldest known animals, existing for over 600 million years!

They don't have muscles, but they can slowly change their body shape over time.

Thousands of tiny creatures make their homes and hideouts inside large sponge bodies.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Super Sifter

Sponge can filter huge amounts of water because of its porous body, helping them capture tiny food particles.

Fähigkeit

Regeneration Realm

Sponge can regrow entire lost body parts from just a fragment, helping them recover from damage.

Fähigkeit

Hydro-Pump Power

Sponge has specialized cells called choanocytes that create water currents, helping them draw in food and oxygen.

Maße und Details

Länge
1-200
Gewicht
0.01-50
Lebenserwartung
1-1000
Filter Rate
10-1000

Ernährung und Fütterung

Sponges are tiny living filters, slurping up microscopic bits of food from ocean water.

Hauptnahrung

  • plankton
  • bacteria
  • detritus
  • dissolved organic matter

Nahrungssuche

  • Filter Feeding

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

symbiotic with

Symbiotic Algae

Symbiodinium microadriaticum

Algae live inside, providing food from sunlight.

shelters

Sponge Snapping Shrimp

Synalpheus regalis

Shrimp find protection and food within sponge pores.

eaten by

Anna's Chromodoris

Chromodoris annae

Colorful sea slugs graze on sponges for food.

eaten by

Spiny Sea Star

Mithrodia bradleyi

Sea stars slowly consume sponge tissue.

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Sponges in the ocean are safe to observe but avoid touching them to protect their delicate structures.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das länge von Sponge?

1-200

Was ist der/die/das gewicht von Sponge?

0.01-50

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Sponge?

1-1000

Was frisst Sponge?

Sponges are tiny living filters, slurping up microscopic bits of food from ocean water.

Wo findet man Sponge normalerweise?

Marine

Wie jagt Sponge?

Filter Feeding

Was ist der/die/das filter Rate von Sponge?

10-1000

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