Tube Sponge
Animals of the phylum Ponifera
- Feeding: Tube Sponges eat Sponge Flies by piercing them with their elongated mouthparts and sucking the fluids in.
- Life Expectancy: Under the right conditions, Sponges can live for hundreds of years.
- Habitat: Sponges are worldwide in their distribution, from the polar regions to more tropical regions.
Tube Sponge's Respiratory System
- Tube Sponge's are able to respire when seawater flows down their tube and through the mesohyl.
- The choanocyte tissue absorbs the oxygen that is present in the water.