1. PORIFERA Danielle Crise Chris Menchio Website Title: Google Images Article Title: Google Images Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.images.google.com

2. TYPE OF SYMMETRY  Asymmetrical  Sessile Website Title: Dictionary.com Publisher: Dictionary.com Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.dictionary.com

3. NERVOUS SYSTEM  Absent  No brain or nerve system  Rely on water intake and output Website Title: Nervous System Article Title: Porifera Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.nervoussystemphylum.weebly.com

4. DIGESTIVE SYSTEM  Filter-feed  Use tiny pore’s on body  Covered with cells  Cilia Website Title: Digestive System Article Title: The Digestive System and Its Nine Phyla Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.digestivemack.weebly.com

5. EXCRETORY SYSTEM  Diffusion/Osmosis  Archeocytes remove mineral particles Website Title: The Excretory System Article Title: The Excretory System Date Accessed: October 03, 2014 www.excreting101.weebly.com

6. CIRCULATORY SYSTEM  No real circulatory system  Have flagellated cells over surface  Water current  Water base circulatory system Website Title: Circulatory System Article Title: Circulatory System Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.thecircleofblood.weebly.com

7. RESPIRATORY SYSTEM  Most don’t have one  Does not contain organs  Water comes in through pores Website Title: The Respiratory Experience Article Title: Porifera Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.therespiratoryexperience.w eebly.com

8. SKELETAL SYSTEM  Body’s full of pores and channels  Some deposit exoskeletons Website Title: Skeletal System Article Title: Skeletal System Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.skeletalphylum.weebly.com

9. REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM  Asexual and sexual  Asexual-produce egg and sperm-different times  Sperm “broadcast” into water column Website Title: Reproductive System Article Title: Reproductive System Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.reproductivelearning.weebly.com

10. HEXACTINELLIDA  Glass sponge  Siliceous spicules  Most tissues are syncitia  Found in artic  Cannot contract Website Title: UCMP - University of California Museum of Paleontology Article Title: UCMP - University of California Museum of Paleontology Date Accessed: October 01, 2014 www.ucmp.berkely.edu

11. DEMOSPONGIAE  Spongin fibers/ siliceous spicules  Characterized by possession of Silica  Many different environments Website Title: UCMP - University of California Museum of Paleontology Article Title: UCMP - University of California Museum of Paleontology Date Accessed: October 01, 2014 www.ucmp.berkely.edu

12. CALCAREA  Posses spicules  Don’t have hollow axial canals  Lives in tropics Website Title: UCMP - University of California Museum of Paleontology Article Title: UCMP - University of California Museum of Paleontology Date Accessed: October 01, 2014 www.ucmp.berkely.edu

13. PORIFERA  Pore- bearing Website Title: Dictionary.com Publisher: Dictionary.com Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.dictionary.com

14. WHERE DO SPONGES LIVE?  99% live in marine water  Sponge-fibers: live in fresh water Website Title: Merriam-Webster Article Title: dictionary Publisher: Merriam-Webster Date Accessed: October 01, 2014 www.dictionary.com

15. SPICULE  Crystalline bodies  Definite varied shapes  Act as skeleton  Made of calcium and carbonate Website Title: Dictionary.com Publisher: Dictionary.com Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.dictionary.com

16. COLLAR CELL  Ascogonia's, conoid, and leuconoid  Contain a central flagellum  Connected by a thin membrane Website Title: ToolWEB Article Title: Welcome to ToolWeb Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.tolweb.com

17. AMEBOCYTE  Bring food to other cells Website Title: ToolWEB Article Title: Welcome to ToolWeb Date Accessed: October 02, 2014 www.tolweb.com

18. DIAGRAM OF A SPONGE