Porifera Fun Facts
1) Most Porifera stay in one place. They latch onto the ocean floor, a rock, or another animal and stay there.
2) Porifera have no tissues or organs in their bodies.
3) There are about 5,000 species of sponges but only about 150 live in freshwater.
4) Sponges can change the shape of their body.
5) Individual cells in sponges digest their own food.
1) Most Porifera stay in one place. They latch onto the ocean floor, a rock, or another animal and stay there.
2) Porifera have no tissues or organs in their bodies.
3) There are about 5,000 species of sponges but only about 150 live in freshwater.
4) Sponges can change the shape of their body.
5) Individual cells in sponges digest their own food.