Key Characteristics
Structure & Function
3 Interesting Facts1. Of the 5000 species of Porifera, only 150 live in Freshwater
2. Some deep-water sponges can live for over 200 years! 3. Sponges are master filters. They can filter an amount of water 100,000 times their size each day! That means a basketball-sized sponge could filter an entire residential pool in one day. |
How Many Species?5000 and 3 classes.
Habitat
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