Question

What are 6 scientific facts about Spongilla lacustris?

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

1)spongilla belongs to phylum porifera

2)its whole body is covered with pores

3) they live in fresh water

4) respiration occur through whole body surface

5) extracellular and intracellular digestion occur

6) asexual reproduction reproduction occur through budding and sexual reproduction occur through the fusion of gametes

Answer 2

Physical characteristics: Freshwater sponges are crustlike, branched, or clumped. The texture is fragile and soft, and the color is whitish or green. Freshwater sponges have irregularly scattered and barely visible water-exit holes.

Geographic range: Freshwater sponges live in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Habitat: Freshwater sponges live in standing and running fresh water.

Diet: Freshwater sponges are filter feeders.

Behavior and reproduction: Scientists know little about how freshwater sponges behave. These sponges reproduce asexually by forming buds in late summer that spend the winter in a dormant state and emerge from the adult in the spring. Freshwater sponges reproduce sexually during the summer, giving birth to live larvae.

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