How is the way carnivorous sponges digest their prey different from other animals? Why do scientists feel this may be an important clue in the development of animals?
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The sponges don't have a stomach or digestive system, so they slowly eat their prey at the cellular level: individual cells travel to, cover, and digest their catches.
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The way carnivorous sponges digest their prey different from other animals:
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- The sponges belong the Phylum Porifera the members of the this phylum feed over the food in the sea bottom.
- But there are not enough food particles over the deep sea floor, so the sponges are adapted to feed, differently from the rest of members of the phylum.
- Instead of filtering out the tiny particles they trap and feed on large prey like amphipods.
- The sponges trap the prey on the microscopic hooks, they engulf the prey and digest the prey.
- Scientist felt that this is important clue for the development of animals due to change in the mode of feeding.
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